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07-28-2012, 05:36 PM | #23 |
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Yup. Same here. I was just thinking the same thing. I would follow them closely. I would actually offer my garage to park both cars incase they had no place to hide them lol. And then maybe hold them hostage lol jk.
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07-28-2012, 05:46 PM | #25 |
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Amen, they better be doing local testing here in NJ too, you know, to fine tune that comfort mode setting... Worst roads I have experienced in this country.
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Wow, nice pics - hard to take when you're driving like that.
Whoever took those - thanks! The more I see the F80, the more I like.
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My current guess on the engine for the M3/M4 is 3.0 L, 2 bar of boost, larger twin scroll turbo plus electric supercharger. The new intake setup will be much like the N55 with cylinder shutdown similar to that used by some domestic V8 engines. The price differential between coupe and sedan will be greater than before. No matter what happens, this will be the ultimate in personal transportation.
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07-28-2012, 08:07 PM | #32 |
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Where was this? I live pretty close to BMW's test center here in California
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07-28-2012, 09:23 PM | #36 |
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I wish we had a cop here to run the plates to see how it's registered in the states.
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Me like it
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07-28-2012, 09:46 PM | #38 |
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The state of California gives car companies a bunch of license plates, they are not registered to certain cars, just to the company (BMW of North America). As such, they can switch up the plates on any of the cars they have and it is okay
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There's always the high temp testing phase of the process and in the past I think we've seen the vehicles tested in Death Valley or one of those desert places in the West... Quote:
Aside from that, I think they'll raise the engine's displacement for more torque but moreso for the sake of being able to justify more money from the 3.0TT in the regular non-M cars. It would be hard to market all the complicated technologies that make it an M as opposed to being able to just simply say it has a bigger engine. Hopefully we'll see 3.2L I still wonder if they could have went for cylinder deactivation like audi has done with Bentley instead of dropping two cylinders. I know M has a tradition of I6 engines since the M1 but dam that V8 sound was nice. Then again if that was the case I'm sure the M5 would lose some buyers to the M3 sedan Last edited by Jblack4083; 07-28-2012 at 10:31 PM.. |
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Where have you seen the final and uncovered version of the F32 front end?
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