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Originally Posted by bm323
Yes, BMWblog is partial towards BMW. BMWblog is referring to the AWD when it mentioned the G8X will be a 4000 lb car.
"So when equipped with an automatic and all-wheel drive, the new BMW M3 and M4 tip the scales dangerously close to 1,800 kg (4,000-ish lbs)." https://www.bmwblog.com/2021/01/12/u...ing-bmw-m3-m4/
"The G82 BMW M4 used in this video was the lightest possible M4 possible, being a manual, rear-wheel drive car. When equipped with the eight-speed automatic gearbox, all-wheel drive and the standard seats, the G82 M4 gets actually crests just north of the 1,800-ish (4,000 lb) mark. So, yes, the manual M4 is barely heavier than the old M4 and that’s very good, if properly equipped. But the majority of M3 and M4 customers will get the auto/all-wheel drive car and those cars are significantly heavier (some markets, such as the UK, will only be getting those versions for now)." https://www.bmwblog.com/2021/01/11/g82-bmw-m4-heavier/ |
With AWD I wouldn't be surprised to see it around 4000lb. Again, AWD was always going to have a huge weight penalty, it's like that in every single car where it's available.
Wanting AWD not to weigh is like wanting rain not to wet you. It is simply not possible. Whoever is surprised at AWD cars weighing much more than RWD cars may also be surprised Santa doesn't exist, or that jumping off tall things can hurt you.
The auto to 6MT is a known entity, it's been beaten to death already. It's 55lb. We don't need to wonder what an auto G8X weighs, because it weighs 55lb more than the 6MT one.
The fact that 'most cars will be AWD' is irrelevant. If some idiot got AWD and all the weight-increasing options (but none of the lightening ones) and has a 4k lb car when they wanted lightness above all, well, that's what happens when you load weight adding options to a car --> it weighs more. Shouldn't BMW giving people the option of speccing either lighter or heavier versions of the car be a good thing?
The elephant in the room is that weight is mostly a factor for people who want to track seriously. On the street an M5comp weighs ~4400lb and handles incredibly well, it is almost scary.
The track people, well guess what, they'll try to spec a lightweight car. Because weight is a factor for them.