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      05-18-2012, 12:10 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by borabora View Post
All the way for a 1M CSL but the weight has to get along well under 1495 kg
Well... BMW will be starting to build their i3 & i8's at Leipzig next year. These will be the first BMW's to extensively use CF instead of traditional metal body work. Whats to say BMW doesn't make a few e82 fenders and hood/trunk lids in CF as a send off? Both cars are built at the same factory. I (as others) would LOVE to see a light weight 1M CSL-like product.

I just wonder IF this 135iS is really the end or not. I guess we will have to wait for late summer to see IF BMW really ends 1M production at Leipzig.


Btw... a few months ago I toured Audi's Inglolstadt Werk, where they built the A3/A4/A5/A7's and also the RS3. I was surprised to see that Audi uses CF front fenders on the RS3. That must make BMW think.
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