Paris 2012: BMW goes front wheel drive

[Kawasicki]

uhh, I was going to write something, but I've forgotten what it was, sorry.

[Dave Hedgehog]

ste idea?

fwd bmws where an inevitability the vast majority of car buyers have no interest in how a car drives

[Captain Muppet]

[g3org3y]

Git :P

[thinfourth2]

Well if its true then their will only be one choice for the true petrolhead


The ssanyoung rodius

Its RWD you know

[E30M3SE]

Nothing new, it appears this was the case back in '08.

[Some Gump]

E30M3SE said:

Nothing new, it appears this was the case back in '08.

I love the theory that this shows bmw people are cocks - they don't know which are the driven wheels.

What about the idea that bm drivers are drivers, so know that the ability to stop / steer is far more important than the ability to go when it's been snowing?

Anyways, front drive 1 series makes sense - mostly they are the aspirational little car, proper ph people on a budget would buy an older 3 series anyway, preferably an m3.

[Mattt]

Some Gump said:

Anyways, front drive 1 series makes sense - mostly they are the aspirational little car, proper ph people on a budget would buy an older 3 series anyway, preferably an m3.

Disagree, sure a 116i is pretty pointless and expensive for the poverty spec you get - but the bigger engined cars are great IMO.

[anonymous-user]

Some Gump said:

What about the idea that bm drivers are drivers, so know that the ability to stop / steer is far more important than the ability to go when it's been snowing?

Well if you don't have the ability to go then stopping and steering are somewhat irrelevent

[monthefish]

Some Gump said:

E30M3SE said:

Nothing new, it appears this was the case back in '08.

I love the theory that this shows bmw people are cocks - they don't know which are the driven wheels.

Can we add MX-5 drivers to this list too...

[y2blade]

monthefish said:

Some Gump said:

E30M3SE said:

Nothing new, it appears this was the case back in '08.

I love the theory that this shows bmw people are cocks - they don't know which are the driven wheels.

Can we add MX-5 drivers to this list too...

[Alex]

The nothing wrong with BMW group producing FWD cars (they already make the Mini range), but they should not put a BMW badge on them. Create a new brand, or re-use one of the ones in their ownership (Riley? Wolseley? Isetta?).

[CraigyMc]

Alex said:

The nothing wrong with BMW group producing FWD cars (they already make the Mini range), but they should not put a BMW badge on them. Create a new brand, or re-use one of the ones in their ownership (Riley? Wolseley? Isetta?).

Whoosh parrot?

Someone made this thread to take a rise out of people who don't realise it's not a proper thread. The title is a joke.

I fully expect further new threads, titled things like:
"Paris 2012: BMW M5d shock"

"Paris 2012: Mercedes to buy Renault"

"Paris 2012: New Jaguar is Electric-Only"
..etc.

[Alex]

CraigyMc said:

Whoosh parrot?

Someone made this thread to take a rise out of people who don't realise it's not a proper thread. The title is a joke.

Why is it a joke thread? There IS a FWD BMW coming soon. That's worthy of debate.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/bmw/fwd-bmw-1-se...

[CraigyMc]

Alex said:

CraigyMc said:

Whoosh parrot?

Someone made this thread to take a rise out of people who don't realise it's not a proper thread. The title is a joke.

Why is it a joke thread? There IS a FWD BMW coming soon. That's worthy of debate.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/bmw/fwd-bmw-1-se...

It is a joke thread because there's no story on the main PH page called "Paris 2012: BMW goes front wheel drive"

It's a joke thread because Kawasicki has a sense of humour.

It worked as a joke thread for most of us, but it doesn't seem to be working for you, Alex. See how the first few posts say things like "Git" and so on? That's people realising the joke.

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[Alex]

I get it.

1. The FWD BMW is worthy of discussion.
2. The "joke" is not very funny.

New thread?

[CraigyMc]

Alex said:

I get it.

1. The FWD BMW is worthy of discussion.
2. The "joke" is not very funny.

New thread?

1. There will be a thread along shortly which will talk about the Concept Active Tourer, no doubt.

2. For this thread, you've been had. I for one enjoyed seeing it happen

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[jonny996]

E30M3SE said:

Nothing new, it appears this was the case back in '08.

is that Willowbrae in Edinburgh?

[AnotherClarkey]

Symbolica said:

Some Gump said:

What about the idea that bm drivers are drivers, so know that the ability to stop / steer is far more important than the ability to go when it's been snowing?

Well if you don't have the ability to go then stopping and steering are somewhat irrelevent

Presuming that it gets going It would be interesting to see how well the stopping goes with lots of grip at the front and not much at the back.

[Alex]

jonny996 and AnotherClarkey: CraigyMC is laughing at you. He's a funny guy.