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Originally Posted by xlover
HA the most important question didn't get translated....
Or a definitive answer...
Referencing the delayed intro of xdrive, Google Roughly translates to "we'll see"
So clearly they are playing xdrive launch close to the vest
My theories
1. Most likely - marketing planning, the delay is calculated and deliberate. either they a. want significant attention on the RWD model at launch (highlight certain aspects of rwd experience, drive demand to a specific segment early on) or b. Have an xdrive specific campaign planned that they want the M3/M4 to headline and not conflict with overall launch messaging
2. Less likely - additional development time. We have seen these cars in testing for over 2 years at this point and it's been known the xdrive variant was amongst them from day 1, plenty of time to get sorted out especially for an existing system and core platform that has other xdrive models already in existence.
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My guess...a little bit of both.
- By launching the car as RWD only there is less to digest for the press and potential buyers. The car’s performance improvements over the old version will be cleanly and fairly on display. The AWD version will not be there to steal all the thunder.
- AWD brings a very complex multi factor toolbox of parameters to play with on the track to optimize performance and whether we like it or not ring times...The M3 is the first track focused car to get Xdrive so tuning done for the M5 and X3M might not be suitable for this purpose. BMW would want to try to extract every tens of a second they can out of this new advantage.