BMW was thinking about doing a M8..... (UPDATED)
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Timing...
BMW took too long to get this thing in production. The R&D was like no other car BMW had built and it cost them a ton of time and money.
By the time it was "ready", the market for SuperCars had crashed.
Ive got a rare book that was never "for sale" (only BMW engineers had it) that details just about everything that went into creating it...very impressive and makes me love them even more.
*I paid an arm and a leg for this book
BMW took too long to get this thing in production. The R&D was like no other car BMW had built and it cost them a ton of time and money.
By the time it was "ready", the market for SuperCars had crashed.
Ive got a rare book that was never "for sale" (only BMW engineers had it) that details just about everything that went into creating it...very impressive and makes me love them even more.
*I paid an arm and a leg for this book
Very cool pick up.
If BMW was so heavily invested, they should have at least brought it to market in a very limited edition model (think LF A
) that would have at least proven that they could compete with the supercars. To this day that remains in question. Building M3 track variants does not make them Ferrari/Lambo competitors regardless of what BMW owners think.
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(No, the M1 wasn't designed by BMW, it was a Lambo project that BMW took over due to Lambo's financial difficulties).Guest
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Nice car, George Laraque used to bring his by regularly, but definitely not a supercar.
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lightweight
handled actually surprisingly well
i think it could some what be considered a super car
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The factory claimed a 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) time of 4.7 seconds; Motor Trend magazine achieved 0–96 km/h (0–60 mph) in 4.2 seconds. Road and Track measured the car's lateral grip at .92. Car and Driver magazine also tested the car and found that it outperformed the contemporary benchmark Ferrari 360 Modena in three important performance categories: acceleration, handling, and braking.
i guess we need to go and define what makes a supercar first
whether beating Ferrari 360 modena on all 3 aspects is enough or does it have to shed BMW's cold, calculated approach and have some true spirit in its soul to be considered a supercar
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