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pagani 07-17-2010 05:56 PM

Blast from the past the bmw x5 le mans
 
The world's only v12 bmw x5 to bad bmw only made one of the x5 le mans
:-):thumbup:

5vz-fe 07-17-2010 06:17 PM

The only X5 that qualifies the M badge. BMW M division has gone soft over the years, all the M cars now are just a pure marketing scheme. X5M, X6M??...

I am not against turbo's, but 2ton M cars?? comon BMW!

tforth 07-18-2010 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5vz-fe (Post 875459)
The only X5 that qualifies the M badge. BMW M division has gone soft over the years, all the M cars now are just a pure marketing scheme. X5M, X6M??...

I am not against turbo's, but 2ton M cars?? comon BMW!

I agree, just remember that the current M5 weighs 4000 lbs (i.e. 2 tonnes) ;-)

Strop 07-18-2010 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5vz-fe (Post 875459)
The only X5 that qualifies the M badge. BMW M division has gone soft over the years, all the M cars now are just a pure marketing scheme. X5M, X6M??...

I am not against turbo's, but 2ton M cars?? comon BMW!

Maybe the 1M(M1) will change that a little.

5vz-fe 07-18-2010 02:36 AM

^I am a seeing is believing kinda guy.

Vansquish 07-18-2010 12:16 PM

I'm with 5vz-fe on this one. The 1-series M car may well be quick and handle nicely, and it may well be the closest thing to a "real" M-car for a very long time, but it's still too big and heavy to be the sort of classic that the E30 M3 was. If only BMW would take some of Colin Chapman's "less is more" philosophy and put it towards their cars.

Strop 07-18-2010 12:39 PM

^ I agree, but unfortunately this kind of philosophy does not apply to most cars today...the future is heavy, electric and boring. Thats why i celebrate when i see something like the new STi, still deserve its badge.

Then...lets wait and see the new M1. :-)

pagani 07-20-2010 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Strop (Post 875478)
^ I agree, but unfortunately this kind of philosophy does not apply to most cars today...the future is heavy, electric and boring. Thats why i celebrate when i see something like the new STi, still deserve its badge.

Then...lets wait and see the new M1. :-)

I think their will still be fast and loud cars in the furture.


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