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Well, I was initially going to say, "if you think it looks like a Mustang, then you must be blind because it doesn't." The shape of the concept far more resembles the Z4 Coupe and new AMG GT.
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Porsche has announced that they are 10 years away from using Carbon Fibre in a "volume" product. VAG the same. BMW can do it now with the i3 think where they will be in 10 years time.
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Maybe not. Since you drive an Alfa BMW hasn't done a good job of marketing you.
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If I said "including" that would have meant that VW was in the implied group of those that could not manufacture carbon fiber on a mass scale. |
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If the coupe looks anything like that sketch it will be beautiful. I really hope BMW brings an actual coupe back as an option.
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The sketches remind me very much of the MB SLS (now AMG GT) and Jaguar F-Type R. I like the direction it's heading in. I'd love to see a four-cylinder engine with a <4.0 0-60 and LSD stock.
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03-01-2015, 06:53 PM | #128 | |
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I said 2021. As in "next-gen Mustang."
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It's a personal luxury coupe with folding top. For a while, BMW seemed to follow a technology trickle-down strategy. They'd put the latest hight-tech innovations in the 7 Series and gradually incorporate those elements into the smaller sedans and coupes. Leading from the luxury end of the line. But in the 21st century, BMW "i" has taken over the technological lead. So what about performance innovations? Where's the "halo car" from which performance innovations can spread through the rest of the M and AG lines? Sure, BMW has positioned the M3/M4 as their DTM competitor. But that's for marketing reasons. It's to keep the 3/4 Series sales up, since they are the bread and butter of AG and M sales. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Should BMW position the Z cars as the company's avant-garde performance leaders? Or should they just continue milking the golden-aged country clubber market? I vote for the former. BMW sold less than 100 Z4s in the US in all of 2014. Their current formula isn't working.
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