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How is this "New" news???? BMW has already been doing this for months... BMW is now categorizing higher-performance vehicles from the other vehicles available within the same model line. This is why BMW has been slowly removing the option of things like an M Sport package on base models...they're simply restructuring their product portfolio. |
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Thank you BMW management
Soon I will be driving my M220 diesel to go to the supermarket, my M scooter to work and drink M Alpina red wines lying in my sofa Seriously what a loose |
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So "M" is now a spectrum with full fledged models. It's all just nomenclature and branding. The "true" Ms will still be something special.
I guess I don't understand what everyone is up in arms. |
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01-16-2020, 04:07 PM | #115 | |
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My guess is that a lot of people were convinced to buy the more expensive M versions because they believed they would be set apart from the non-M owners. If this is no longer true...then a lot of people just lost their reasoning for buying the highest performance (i.e. most expensive) trim. Granted, not everyone buys an M car for the appearance/vanity, but my hunch is that a lot of them do. |
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01-16-2020, 04:08 PM | #116 | |
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Someone should tell you the R&D for M Performance cars also happen in Garching! The whole thing just happened to beat AMG sale numbers, that's all! |
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You guys are mad now… wait till the integration of the M & i Division
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Some people on this forum will argue that at least three of my 5 M cars really shouldn't count, which is hilarious. |
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The nameplate on my M3 doesn't say made by BMW, instead states GmBH M or something akin to acknowledging made by the M division and not the regular factory. People if you want an M car, buy one with true pedigree - M and then a 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - even a M850 is questionable
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01-16-2020, 04:24 PM | #123 | |
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All M performance cars and M packages etc. are engineered and develop in Garching. |
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01-16-2020, 04:24 PM | #124 |
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news?
How is this news? also, how does this affect us / me?
I have a m850i, I know it's not an m8 competition. calling it the same name, won't change either the m8 or the base m850i. |
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I've been out of BMW ///M land and in Pcar land for the pst few years and I'll say that a similar thing is happening to Porsche. It's not about car names or badges, it's that they just don't make em as special as they used to.
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Its sad but true. I'm sticking with the e92 m3 because BMW M seems to have lost its way somewhere in the transition to F80. I wish I could upgrade but with M meaning little in the newer cars, it doesn't seem to be worth it. the M2 comp seems to come the closest but not for me for other reasons.
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Who cares? I could make a debaged B58 run in the 10's and smoke one of you M corporate lease guys any day.
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