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Originally Posted by tommysains
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Originally Posted by Coni
Do you think that the Pure model is going to be a lightweight version? Otherwise I don't understand why they'd have a model thats more "basic" than the base version.
As an aside - I hate that MB & BMW are now having these higher-end versions of the AMG & M cars that have more performance than standard AMG/M cars. It used to be that getting an M3 meant you were getting the best performance car BMW could make on the 3-series platform. Now it feels to me that M3 is being artificially restrained so that they can demand more money for the real best performance car they can make: the M3 Competition or whatever they call it. If they follow MB (and they will - BMW has shown that they will copy literally everyone this past decade) then the price difference between the M3 and the "actually this is really the M3" will be +$8k.
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Pure is intended to be like a 'pure M car of old'. Mania and RWD. Base and competition are intended to be going the way of their competitors - Audi 4WD and Mercedes who's latest E63 is 4WD suggesting the new C63 will follow.
I think they've done the pure to ensure they don't lose the fans of the madness the current and old M3/4s. Something Mercedes are starting to do with the AMGs (lose their legacy fan base) |
BMW still has console shifter along with paddle shifters so you can shift while turning with one handed steering vs trying to use paddles on a turn which is nearly impossible in an AMG or Lamborghini Hurrican.