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      05-25-2011, 10:55 AM   #23
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TG is convinced the F3x M3 will have a bi-turbo V6. Interesting, since 4 are rumored to be considered...

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=533140
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      05-25-2011, 03:01 PM   #24
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Pretty good read
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      05-25-2011, 03:44 PM   #25
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So, did you guys pay 64K and some change for your 1M? That's what TG is saying the cost is. 40,020 pounds.
With prices in Europe, it's more/less as it is in US/CA but the difference is just the currency so you can't compare prices like that.
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      05-25-2011, 07:01 PM   #26
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I think the general concensus complaint is that this car just isn't much fun at all. You need to read between the lines to see this glaring problem.
I certainly hope I'm missing sarcasm here....

The article said - It certainly is easier to enjoy than the M3 (and they were not talking of price)... so someone got some fun out of it.
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      05-25-2011, 08:05 PM   #27
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Great review. Can't wait to see them test it on Top Gear proper this summer. I'm not sure how far in advance they film and/or if they got a pre-production version or something, but this will be the highlight of the season for me if they do.
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      05-25-2011, 09:29 PM   #28
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Great review. Can't wait to see them test it on Top Gear proper this summer. I'm not sure how far in advance they film and/or if they got a pre-production version or something, but this will be the highlight of the season for me if they do.
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      05-25-2011, 10:12 PM   #29
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I certainly hope I'm missing sarcasm here....

The article said - It certainly is easier to enjoy than the M3 (and they were not talking of price)... so someone got some fun out of it.
Umm, facetious actually. Not sarcastic.
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      05-26-2011, 09:29 AM   #30
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Does anyone know when they'll review it on the show?
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      05-26-2011, 01:23 PM   #31
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Does anyone know when they'll review it on the show?
I don't think anyone even knows when the show will return.

http://jalopnik.com/5803061/top-gear...return-june-12
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      05-28-2011, 12:47 PM   #32
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June 12 Top Gear returns
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      06-09-2011, 04:51 AM   #33
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June 12 Top Gear returns
Awesome. Hopefully we get not than 6 episodes this season, although I don't see it happening.

Surely it will feature in this season. I still can't believe the Golf R and 135i haven't been reviewed... Yet.
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      06-09-2011, 05:08 AM   #34
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June 12 Top Gear returns
Actually it returns on Sunday 26th June!

No episode informaiton yet.

Remember Fifth Gear is on tomorrow night featuring the 1M!
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      06-09-2011, 09:07 AM   #35
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What channel is Fifth gear on ?
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      06-09-2011, 09:14 AM   #36
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What channel is Fifth gear on ?
Channel 5 in the UK. Not sure you guys get it, but you should be able to catch it on Youtube at some stage shortly after. Or it will be up on the fifth gear website:

http://fwd.channel5.com/fifth-gear/
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      06-09-2011, 11:26 AM   #37
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What channel is Fifth gear on ?
In the Dallas area we get it on BBCA...if you have uverse its 1188 or 188 (non HD)
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Actually it returns on Sunday 26th June!

No episode informaiton yet.

Remember Fifth Gear is on tomorrow night featuring the 1M!
Yes, I saw that yesterday, can't wait for the new season.

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In the Dallas area we get it on BBCA...if you have uverse its 1188 or 188 (non HD)
Don't know about Fifth Gear, but with Top Gear on BBCA, they run so far behind in the schedule that I don't bother. I just download them from torrents after they air in the UK. I'd gladly pay a subscription or even get cable if they aired them soon after the UK air date.
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My mistake...I hate it when I just read shit wrong...
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      06-09-2011, 12:28 PM   #40
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Couldn't open the OP attachment, but I believe this is a different Top Gear (almost) review. It's from Richard Hammond's blog.
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New BMW 1 Series M Coupe - one seriously great car
31/05/2011
ABOUT 20 seconds into Pulp Fiction I knew I was going to like it.
As soon as you see Samuel L Jackson on the screen you know you’re in for some gratuitous violence, machine guns and creative profanity.
As soon as Pride and Prejudice started and I saw the period costumes I knew that a chase involving American muscle cars was unlikely to happen, so I lost interest immediately.
It is the same with cars. The really great cars tell you within 15ft that they are going to give you a seriously good time – and it takes only the same distance to work out the serious duffers.
It happened last week with the new BMW 1-Series M Coupe. Barely had I got out of the drive when a large grin appeared on my face.
Of course, we had a fairly good idea that this car was going to be rather good. First, BMW hasn’t made many mingers (5-Series GT and the X6M excepted). Second, it would take serious bungling to make a small coupe powered by a 340bhp engine boring to drive.
There have been no mistakes made with the M Coupe. It’s fantastic.
You’ve seen the pictures but wait until you see it on the road. The wider wheelarches look massive as they stretch over the 19in alloy wheels.
From the back the car looks seriously aggressive, with four tail pipes and squat ‘ready to pounce’ looks.
The front and rear tracks are wider, too, yet the whole car is only 1,932mm wide (including the mirrors). When you’re in the M Coupe it feels small, compact and manageable. Which is why, point-to-point, it will easily match the more powerful and expensive M3.
I reckon it’d be quicker by a noticeable margin.
HARDCORE
BMW has aimed at its hardcore fans with this car. It’s only available with a proper manual gearbox with no smart-Alec double clutches and ‘tronic this and that.
Last year I had a quick go in an original, 1980s four-cylinder M3 at Top Gear’s test track. Not particularly fast by modern standards, but massive fun to drive. People who liked that M3, and the E36 model that followed, will love this car.
It’s packed with driver aids but you can turn them all off and operate without a safety net.
Not a problem for a decent driver on dry roads, but if you switch everything off in the rain you might want to have a Scandinavian surname or be called Lewis or Jenson.
The engine is a straight six of 2,979cc, with 340bhp at 5,900rpm and 450Nm of torque between 1,500 and 4,500rpm.
The engine has a pair of turbochargers and some clever electronics will give you an extra 50Nm of torque in ‘overboost’ mode.
Modern engines tend not to suffer from turbo-lag and this one doesn’t, but you do get an extra big kick up the backside at about 2,000rpm.
UNCORKED
This is a seriously fast car. The top speed is limited to 155mph (I bet it would go over 170mph uncorked) and does 0-62mph in 4.9sec.
But cars with even double the power wouldn’t see it for tyre smoke because it’s so well suited to our roads.
The ride is excellent at high speeds so you aren’t worried you’ll be bounced into a field.
There’s much to report about the interior of the 1-Series M Coupe, too.
There are a few M badges here but no special seats or brightly-coloured seatbelts. Neither is it full of gadgets.
It’s a straightforward car for people who want raw performance.
There’s even a lot of space inside. Almost as much as in the M3. Which leads us to the question of whether you need an M3 when for a lot less you can have the even more fun M Coupe. I’d have the smaller car.
BMW is only building 450 right-hand drive M Coupes and a large number of them are already spoken for.
If your name’s not on that list, you could be missing out on a seriously great car.
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