08-12-2011, 07:18 AM | #134 |
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For the new M3 we are looking at fuel savings of about 20-30%.
Do not understimate the prowness of BMW engineers. Every option for each car begins in a brainstorming session where ideas are put down on paper. So yes BMW have developed a prototype V6 but when evaluated we found it did not suit the intentions of the car. There are lots of other engines that you do not know about by our engine development unit. right from a two cylinder upwards to a 9.0 64-valve V16 which was designed for Rolls-Royce and will never see the light of day in any production car. What you have to be careful of is that unorthodox choices for BMW such as FWD and V6's are being evaluated because one day we could run out of options with increasing legislation. So we have to adapt these choices to BMW thinking without compromising on what makes a BMW great.
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08-12-2011, 07:38 AM | #136 | |
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Nice update Scott.
Inline 6 is good news and 20-30% fuel savings is very nice too. Speaking of v16 Rolls: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...him-video.html Quote:
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08-12-2011, 07:42 AM | #138 | |
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08-12-2011, 07:57 AM | #139 |
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wow!!! things just got a lot more exciting!!!
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08-12-2011, 08:18 AM | #140 |
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Agreed. People are so stupid, and bitch way too much..
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08-12-2011, 08:37 AM | #141 |
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Looks wise coupe has the sedan beat by a wide margin. None the less I also hope they make a sedan version for all the folks that want one.
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08-12-2011, 08:50 AM | #142 |
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If you take an closer look at these pics ... you could easily see, that this car never, never was an simple F30 M-Testmule for the F32 ... its really an real F30 M3 Prototype(!) ... it make no sence to develop this production wide rear F30 m-style-fenders for an F32!
And since the F32 would get an total different shaped body/frontend its the same with the wide front F30 fenders! Greets Uli_HH |
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08-12-2011, 10:24 AM | #144 | |
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08-12-2011, 10:49 AM | #147 | |
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AMD 3200+ (2.66Ghz) The 3200+ was used so you could compare AMD to Intel processors. Similar performing processors ran at different speeds. ie. AMD 3200+ (2.66Ghz) is equal to a 3.2Ghz intel AMD is finally getting away from that naming schema.
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08-12-2011, 11:05 AM | #148 | |
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most cpu benchmarks showed they did have an advantage, but not that big so the 2.66 was closer to a 2.8 intel cpu and they did try to emphasize the 3200 if you looked at any of the boxes for the CPUs the 3200 was written in big bold letters here's an example, it doesn't say the real clock speed anywhere on the front of the box. so to most consumers they will compare the 2.8ghz on the intel box and see this as 3.2 and they'll buy AMD ![]() don't get me wrong i love AMD, but i still think that was a little misleading marketing much like the new 4 series humans have been trained to prefer higher numbers ever seen a boombox lately? 1000Watts PMPO !!! when in reality it's like 25w rms so yes i'm predicting the 4 series will cost a lot more than the 3 series bigger difference than between e90-e92 and that's what pisses me off BMW is maximizing profits, increasing sales, but yet they are too cheap to let the M engineers make a custom engine for the next M3 they said here are the existing engines, mess around with them and make a pretend M engine. case in point the 1M if the next M3 has that stupid "Powered by M" sticker on the engine, like the 1M, i'm not buying it
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08-12-2011, 12:18 PM | #151 | |
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The reason the A5 works is because they used the A5 name from the start. The 3/M3 name has a lot of history behind it and I really don't want to see the 4 series name. Even if they still keep the M3 name but use the 4 series name for non-M models it will still be a dumb idea. Lol @ AMD comment. I had that processor!
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08-12-2011, 12:33 PM | #152 | |
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perfect car for me (which won't happen anytime soon) would be minimum 20 mpg combined, 0-60 in 4.0 seconds, 4 doors (kids), and AWD (my daily driver in Chicago, I know snow tires work fine and I use them now, but with that much power and how bad our winters can get, AWD still helps). Maybe the M4 Gran Coupe in 2016 will have an AWD version ![]() |
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08-12-2011, 01:33 PM | #153 |
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Well I guess that was my first and last Euro Delivery of an M3...
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As far as "soul" goes, have you driven the 2012 M5? I think if you did, it would change your mind about what makes a car's "soul" ![]() |
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