RE: Next BMW M3 confirmed as all-wheel drive...
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Terminator X said:
PhantomPH said:
The (admittedly limited) view looks really nice. I've never been a huge fan of BMW interiors, but if the current version is nice, I could be very tempted.
The body coloured bit around the exhausts is "marmite" 
TX.
At least the exhaust tips look to be actually real and not just exaggerated surrounds like on a lot of cars.
tim milne said:
"Any BMW M3 news is big news on PistonHeads - there are dozens of owners on here, the cars remain top searches on the classifieds, and they make great feature fodder, too. It's the archetypal BMW M car, so big changes are treated with some suspicion, as in the outgoing version using a turbocharged engine."
Justification for this non-story
Not really, the M3 is an important car whether you think so or not, it's one of the most talked about performance cars around, it started the genre like the Golf gti did with the hot hatch, the up coming release of a new one is something that is news worthy on motoring website....I've had 4 so I'm interested in how the new one looks as others will be.Justification for this non-story
I don't normally care much about a car's appearance, but this 'design feature' is so abhorrent to me that I simply couldn't own a car with it.
RobM77 said:
This cannot be real, surely? It looks like someone at BMW forgot to lock away the designs while they went for a liquid lunch and the tea boy, who is a huge Audi fan, decided to add the comically bad grills while they were out. Upon returning to the drawings, the now slightly inebriated designer couldn't remember if they were there pre-lunch, so decided it was best to leave them in, just in case. No one then questioned it all the way to production.rare6499 said:
They say it’s to differentiate the M cars more from the mainstream product offering. But are people really complaining the current M3/4 looked too much like a 320d? Really? And if so, this was not the nicest way to go about it.
It does seem a bit odd. I've not seen a single positive comment about these new grills, and I've seen them discussed on Facebook, Twitter, podcasts, PH, and in the general motoring press.Mind you, this is great news for profits at Alpine, Birds etc! They'll sell you an M3 rival based on a more humble looking model, which in the past hasn't been that popular a choice, but now....
Edited by RobM77 on Wednesday 23 October 11:42
RobM77 said:
rare6499 said:
They say it’s to differentiate the M cars more from the mainstream product offering. But are people really complaining the current M3/4 looked too much like a 320d? Really? And if so, this was not the nicest way to go about it.
It does seem a bit odd. I've not seen a single positive comment about these new grills, and I've seen them discussed on Facebook, Twitter, podcasts, PH, and in the general motoring press.Mind you, this is great news for profits at Alpine, Birds etc! They'll sell you an M3 rival based on a more humble looking model, which in the past hasn't been that popular a choice, but now....
Edited by RobM77 on Wednesday 23 October 11:42
rare6499 said:
RobM77 said:
rare6499 said:
They say it’s to differentiate the M cars more from the mainstream product offering. But are people really complaining the current M3/4 looked too much like a 320d? Really? And if so, this was not the nicest way to go about it.
It does seem a bit odd. I've not seen a single positive comment about these new grills, and I've seen them discussed on Facebook, Twitter, podcasts, PH, and in the general motoring press.Mind you, this is great news for profits at Alpine, Birds etc! They'll sell you an M3 rival based on a more humble looking model, which in the past hasn't been that popular a choice, but now....
Edited by RobM77 on Wednesday 23 October 11:42
AmosMoses said:
Judging by how lively the outgoing m3 was, 4wd will be a good addition. I'd still take the manual rwd one though.
I didn't find it particularly lively compared to the E92, just that it had a hypersensitive traction control. The TC steps in way too early so the light is constantly strobing, giving the impression that it's permanently engaged in some epic battle to prevent certain death. But when I turned the TC off completely it felt even less lairy than the E92 to me, and I wondered what the hell the TC was playing at.Of course, if you're clumsy or irresponsible with your right foot then you can get into trouble even easier than with an E9x thanks to all that extra torque...
Non-selectable AWD on any M car just seems like a complete farce to me, part of the general dumbing-down of cars to pander to the lowest common denominator, much like some manufacturers dropping manual boxes altogether on certain models.
TheAngryDog said:
RobM77 said:
This cannot be real, surely? It looks like someone at BMW forgot to lock away the designs while they went for a liquid lunch and the tea boy, who is a huge Audi fan, decided to add the comically bad grills while they were out. Upon returning to the drawings, the now slightly inebriated designer couldn't remember if they were there pre-lunch, so decided it was best to leave them in, just in case. No one then questioned it all the way to production.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff