petar7408 wrote

hotbmwfan wrote

This hits the nail on the head for me. I cant even walk through a BMW showroom any more without getting frustrated. I asked a salesman about a year ago if the M235 on the showroom floor was an M car. He said yes, I walked away. BMW seems to be putting an M badge on everything. Used to be that you could pay extra for something special, not any more. This, combined with that disgusting front end on the G8X, will mean that I will likely never buy another new BMW. Glad that I have one of the last truly special M3's - it better last forever.

I am 100% with you! This f80 m3 might be my last. So many M brands on everything has ruined it and the new look is just disgusting, breaks my heart

iLovePho wrote

Definitely not, and this would really only matter to true enthusiasts since they would immediately know the difference between an "M-Sport" and a real M car.

Personally I don't think it dilutes the M brand, not everyone needs the performance of a proper M car, but they do like the styling bits:thumbsup:

labfm wrote

I like how everybody assumes going for M 'lite' has to do with affordability. Literally, the only reason I got M240i vs M2 is because M2 couldn't customize the interior (I wanted tan leather).

dscabra wrote

Same experience when the dealership tried to sell me the maintenance package on my used G30. The look on they guy's face when I said I do my own maintenance was priceless. The pitch continued until I showed him this picture of the car I built in my shop and asked him if he felt that changing the oil on the BMW would be more difficult than building a car.



Or if servicing the //M brakes were any different than servicing these (aside from unplugging and plugging in new wear sensors):



At least on the BMW you don't need to assemble and safety wire the rotors, or maybe you do on a "real" //M? Parts is parts!

Winter.M3 wrote

Kinda controversial but I couldn't find anyone else's input. I see 3 series with the M sport package with M badges, M stickered calipers, M color stripes, etc.

MPizza wrote

M-Sport already has M logos that are acceptable (door sills, steering wheel, rims). Anything else added by the owner is unacceptable.

Moonbags wrote

Personally I think caring about badges and brands at all is what makes one philosophically inferior. The car is for you, not anyone else. I don't like words and numbers from a design perspective, so I de-badge my cars.

Try to pace me for an afternoon in the Catskills and you'll see what I'm about.

Blindside_137 wrote

Bmw M shared this. They post M performance cars all the time. But this is a new low

An all electric i4 M50

VertigoAtHome wrote

Now is that considered a real Cobra? Perfect response!

Piper1 wrote

A bit more of a “real” cobra than this
http://nubodiautos.moonfruit.com/kobra/4593423432

Piper1 wrote

A bit more of a “real” cobra than this
http://nubodiautos.moonfruit.com/kobra/4593423432

VertigoAtHome wrote

Well, that's interesting... think I would have rather have the stock Z3. However if I ever thought about something like this I'd use a Z8 body. Kidding aside, I'm actually a fan of the high quality Cobra repros, as well as the Porsche Spyder replicas. Not really practical where I live, but if I lived in the desert, maybe.