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This artist impression was posted to Motorsport.com a couple weeks ago. I wonder how close it is to the real thing.
https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/...ke-899225/?s=1 |
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That's a sleek design
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05-11-2017, 06:38 PM | #72 |
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Teaser concept has some nice lines for sure. I'll eat my own hair if it actually comes out looking like that though.
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I fear that the fabulous partial silhouette is merely an "artist's conception." BMW has done it before.
After looking at the camo'd tank that people say is the new 8 I am preparing myself to be disappointed. But if that is an actual partial silhouette, I'm buying one in November.
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I am suspecting that BMW will use carbon fibre to keep the weight down. Wonder if there will be an M8 or will they go the route of M860. Cannot wait to see what Alpina is going to do with this to make it even more spectacular.
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like what I see so far, love that rear shoulder line...
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Look at that sexy sleek window line
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Unless BMW deems unnecessary marketing 2 versions with pretty close power figures and with the V12 being slower than the V8... And decides to either keep the V12 M860i and ditch the V8 M8, or ditch the M860i and make a V12 M8 (like the original model prototype) but knowing well it will be more of a heavy GT than your usual light and nimble M car. |
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-http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mercedes/c-class/96649/mercedes-amg-c-63-s-coupe-vs-bmw-m4 You made the claim that all the reviewers say the c63 is crap compared to the m4. the above links and even the below ones hardly affirm that point. even the car and driver review, which places the m3 with one point more, gave them equal points on performance with the m3 getting an advantage on stuff like "value/pricepoint", which means the c63s are hardly shit as you claim them to be. http://www.drive.com.au/what-car-sho...24-gqzv40.html "the M4 can handle mundane motoring with ease, it offers insufficient excitement in the process. Simply put, the Mercedes is the more enjoyable car more of the time, with a character the BMW can’t match." - https://www.motormag.com.au/features...m4-competition http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...e-specs-page-5 |
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meh. As far as I'm concerned $130 and under I'd get the M. If I was gonna spend over $130k I'd get an AMG. I really don't like the low end AMG's they seem kind of pretentious while M cars are focused on driving pleasure. Once you go higher up, AMG's are either more opulent (S, SL and G) or offer performance that current M cars can't match (GT). I've never owned an M but having driven quite a few I'd pick both M and AMG cars from 5-10 years ago over their current counterparts.
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