Motortrend Interview: F vs. //M Engineers Responses
#32
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As it turns out, Randy Pobst kept calling the RC-F engine "a race motor" while he had nothing really positive to say about the M4 engine other than the thick midrange torque.
#33
You remember the "Horsepower-Race"? Now it has ended under pretext of focus of saving weight. However now there is a worse race going on: "Torque-Race". They all want 1,000,000 Nm torque from 0 RPM. Must get a rocket, not a car. While power without control is nothing, torque without traction useless.
M3/M4 is a failure. Still best thing BMW has, but anyway, could have been better. If BMW M had improved the S65, I would then tend to it over RC F.
M3/M4 is a failure. Still best thing BMW has, but anyway, could have been better. If BMW M had improved the S65, I would then tend to it over RC F.
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Sigh. You can't win everyone over. I told her it's her loss, I mean, if they test drove an RCF and a M4 and decided the M4 is better, I'd be cool with that, but to not even consider or test drive a car because of it's badge imo is pretty silly.
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He probably won't even try driving one. There are unfortunately many hardcore German car fanboys that refuse to even consider test driving one, because it just couldn't possibly be as good as their beloved marques. I do point out to them that we're car enthusiasts, and not badge enthusiasts, but they don't quite see it that way. Like a friend of mine was recently shopping for a coupe, and I told him to look at the RC and he was quite interested based on pics/videos, but his partner flat out refuses to consider/test drive it when it arrives later this month because her words were "I drive a BMW, and it's much better than a tarted up Toyota".
Sigh. You can't win everyone over. I told her it's her loss, I mean, if they test drove an RCF and a M4 and decided the M4 is better, I'd be cool with that, but to not even consider or test drive a car because of it's badge imo is pretty silly.
Sigh. You can't win everyone over. I told her it's her loss, I mean, if they test drove an RCF and a M4 and decided the M4 is better, I'd be cool with that, but to not even consider or test drive a car because of it's badge imo is pretty silly.
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