07-01-2010, 05:19 PM | #2 |
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Maybe. As long as we get an M engine in a E82 body.
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07-01-2010, 06:38 PM | #3 |
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07-01-2010, 07:05 PM | #4 |
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Well I dont think it would necessarily a bad thing. Why would it be? Look at the 3 series for example.
It would be a good profit maker for BMW: to use a slightly boosted version of the N54, new front and rear aprons, a fatter anti roll bar, M bits....hey presto a 135is. Something like the 335is. But would it sell? Given that the gap between a normal 135i and the M1 will be quite significant (handling + power + aesthetics) it might. |
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07-01-2010, 07:17 PM | #5 |
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The 335is is simply all of the BMW performance items put on from the factory. I could see them doing it if there wasn't the small gap that it would fill between a 135 and an m.
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07-01-2010, 08:03 PM | #6 |
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I don't think there will be much room between the 135i and the M1. People that buy the 135is would always be better off getting and 135i and doing a couple mods or spend a bit extra and get the full works of the M1.
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07-02-2010, 01:21 AM | #7 |
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Well Scott has suggested before that next gen 1er may have have Tii or Supersport variant as well as M1 so I doubt there would be room for all three including is but who knows. I suspect the Tii/supersport would be akin to the is in performance and features.
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I'm seeing a trend of people who either have recently bought a 135i or already have one, who are pissed that their is a M version out. Like it is M Division's fault that they didnt wait, the didn't see the vids that have been out since last Nov....then it was "it's a 'iS'.", just so they that their egos would feel better, even though the handwriting was on the wall. When spy pics showed a LSD, they still cried "iS", and now you still have people asking about a "iS" model, when it was specifically stated that M would send off this chassis. Think about the Z4 camp, it was stated that there would be no M model for this iteration of the z4...think of how pissed they are that the "top hat" looking 135 with it's frog eyes gets a M version. |
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07-02-2010, 06:20 PM | #11 |
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Yeah I am a bit confused why they are not making a Z4 M model, like in previous generations. I would (and many others I imagine) buy one if it was competitively priced.
However I got the latest BMW magazine and they pose the question: "What has 6 cylinders and is as fast as a V8 M3?" Answer: "The new halo Z4 35is" or something like that. So even BMW themselves are drawing straight line speed parallels to the mighty E92 V8 M3! |
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