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11-08-2010, 12:38 PM | #134 |
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Nice. If you had half a clue how much reliable intel we get out of Scott (who happens to be an BMW insider), you'd be a little more thankful, or at least polite. Unless of course you're bored by all the inside scoops and hints Scott has been dropping us for years.
What did you expect? A full test drive?
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11-18-2010, 01:16 AM | #137 |
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Latest Evo magazine has a 3 page review. he gives car 5 stars, and says you don't just walk away admiring the car, but actually feeling like you "need it". Only real downside seems to be a lack of noise (at least on the prototype).
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11-18-2010, 03:19 PM | #139 |
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He claims bigger turbos, better steering than e92 M3, feeling of driving a very fast, very rear driven car, dominated by the diff. Interior is just standard 135i, but most likely only on the prototype. Reasonable brakes, but so much chance to test them seriously. That's about it.
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A few more quotes from the article -
"There isn't another car I want to be my everyday companion in 2011 as much as a new 1 series M Coupe" "it won't be built in limited numbers" "expect around £40,000" "Performance, I reckon it's as fast as an M3" - remember he owned one "there are a few areas of critisism, but overall nothing that stops me badly wanting one of these things" From what I can pick out of the article, his critisisms are - Lack of steering feel, but he thinks it's better than the M3 Unexceptional noise - but BMW are working on it Seat a bit too high |
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11-18-2010, 08:49 PM | #143 |
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Well it's marketed with limited in mind. Like someone else said it seems like the whole marketing campaign was ran by 2 guys in their garage. 2700 units, $3000 gross margin on each doesn't make a convincing statement for more investment on the vehicle.
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If production is constrained in time, to ~9 months which seems possible. Then numbers will be implicitly limited - it's common sense right? I don't know what their production capacity will be, but I would expect it to exceed 10 units per day (=2700 units over 9 months).
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