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The Jeremy Clarkson BMW M4 Review
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com My favorite part of the article: My initial reaction when the car was delivered was to feel slightly sick. That is because it had been painted in quite the most revolting colour I’ve seen. BMW calls it Austin Yellow, suggesting that it would have suited an Allegro back in the day. And it would. But Baby Diarrhoea is nearer the mark. It’s hard really to judge a car when it is such a horrible colour. It is like trying to learn to understand the moods of a bald dog. And to make matters worse, the other colours on offer are not much better. Best, I think, to go for black. Quote:
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07-29-2014, 04:21 AM | #2 |
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Clarkson is surely great fun to watch and listen to, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I.e. while I generally adore black color on my BMWs (all I owned and own are black), I think going black for M4 is the worst choice ever - it has to be either AY or SO. The mirror design of an M4 for me and overall design of the car actually is very good. I mean the only M (before M4) that I actually bothered to look at and work hard for buying is the current M6. One thing I have to agree with though – having R=P is still and always will be completely bonkers. |
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07-29-2014, 05:11 AM | #4 |
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Well you're entitled to your opinion, though I cannot see any substantiation for this statement anywhere in your post. And believe me, whatever you think the colour of an M4 should be, I've definitely made worse choices in my life than this...
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To me, it is like picking a dress for your supermodel/nuclear physicist girlfriend. Some will like it, some will not, but it's the same product underneath.
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07-29-2014, 06:32 AM | #6 |
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His comments on DCT make me more comfortable with my choice of the manual tranny.
And one does have to chuckle at the thought of Lups' Hornet being a baby diaper...
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07-29-2014, 06:51 AM | #7 |
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Thank goodness someone as popular as Clarkson has complained about the colors. Hopefully BMW will finally do something about the awful color palette especially as it's something so easy to change
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“a seven-speed flappy-paddle gearbox that offers no creep. Unlike a standard automatic, the car won’t move until you put your foot on the accelerator. Which makes parking a jerky bloody nightmare.” - Incorrect: The M4 does have the ability to creep – It’s called “Low Speed Assistant” and activated by one small tap on the accelerator. “And while we are on the subject of the gearbox, I was forever being told by bongs and rude messages that I might not turn off the ignition until I had put the gearlever into Park. But as far as I could see, there was no Park. What you have to do to solve the problem is to slam the lever this way and that while swearing.” - Incorrect: You don’t have to do anything other than switch off the ignition – The car is just warning you with a check control message that you have left the ignition on and that it will not auto engage park until you switch it off.
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07-29-2014, 08:11 AM | #15 |
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I had a feeling that short write-up that everyone was so excited about Clarkson writing was not real. The one where he asks for a BMW M4 as a birthday gift.
No way someone who wrote that could turn it around and put out this review. It wasnt negative, but it wasnt positive either. |
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It was funny and I liked it. It's Clarkson... unless it's a Merc with 6.2L AMG engine, he won't like it. Hammond is BMW lover.
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I wouldnt say it was positive. Seems like he spent more time criticizing the car than praising it. Im not hater, I get my M4 last week of september so I have skin in the game. I really wanted this to come across better than it did.
But when you read this segment below then compare it to what he wrote in the review, the two just dont add up. Colors aside, does this review move you to think he'd actually buy one for himself? |
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So, sure, maybe he would buy one. ...just not in Austin Yellow... ...and not with DCT. |
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I would say overall I am not a fan of Clarkson. His style is so obvious (bash, then pivot) and his hatred of all things USA got old a decade ago. But consistency is something we all want in our car reviewers (ie Harris) and Clarkson is all over the place. |
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....and, yes, I would believe they are written by the same guy. His complaints about the M4 are minor (color, mirrors, DCT issues). But his conclusion in the TG editorial is this: Quote:
He is also, BTW, well aware of the comments his colleagues at TG Mag made on the M4 in the 'speed week' issue, which he referenced the week prior in his Times review of an Outlander: Quote:
....and it is clear from his own review, he does not necessarily share that view. In short, he isn't gonna be a major fanboi 'OMG this car is like soooooo great I just peed myself'. He really dislikes the things he dislikes. But he likes the car, he likes driving it and, it would seem, it hits all of his buttons, no matter what the guys who write for the Mag say. In short: you have skin in the game, but don't worry so much, man. If the styling doesn't offend you, you have little to worry about from his review. |
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