[solstice]

Originally Posted by F8SEVEN

Forget the sound, what is that awesome brown color?!

Looks like Aventurin red metallic.

[Sodhi16]

Manual cars always sound better from experience with M cars

[JTO24]

Originally Posted by solstice

Looks like Aventurin red metallic.

On Instagram they confirmed it was Ruby Red

[solstice]

Originally Posted by JTO24

On Instagram they confirmed it was Ruby Red

That was my next guess Aventurin and Ruby red photograph very similar.

[snareman]

Originally Posted by Scorp!on

In the Q/A it was asked and BMW confirmed they sound the same.


p.s.
I was convinced the button inside the cabin is just for the cabin reinforcement....they said it will go on quiet mode inside and outside. So no sound through speaker but also the valves closed...goddamnit BMW.... I hate this trend of reinforcing the sound through the speakers, who the hell asked for a stupid thing like that???

I suppose it would be quieter inside the car if they make the noise outside quieter as well. For me, I just hated the fake sound. let the car sound like it sounds and don't put fake ideas into my head of what people outside are hearing. I'd prefer to be able to turn off the ASD, but leave the outside sounding normal. Maybe turn on the interior sound when I want to feel more sporty or maybe, impress someone sitting in the passenger seat who doesn't know about it.


And, they have NO stock colors for any of these videos, yet don't mention in any of them what colors they actually are, which would certainly be handy for all of us armchair quarterback color callers.

[Ghostriderf80]

Hard hard sale.

Any idea on the front grill fix coming along by anyone? No performance published yet in regards to ring times. hmmm

[Ikester19]

The exhaust note is an improvement over the S55 but I'd say is 'acceptable' at best. Does not sound great by any stretch.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Ikester19

The exhaust note is an improvement over the S55 but I'd say is 'acceptable' at best. Does not sound great by any stretch.

I'm curious to know what the target sound is. Outside of a V8 Mustang, there isn't much in the price range of an M3/M4 that really sounds phenomenal....


....and as much as I love the sound of a Cobra or other Mustang variant (..blown or not), I wouldn't want an M to sound like that.

[Ikester19]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

I'm curious to know what the target sound is. Outside of a V8 Mustang, there isn't much in the price range of an M3/M4 that really sounds phenomenal....


....and as much as I love the sound of a Cobra or other Mustang variant (..blown or not), I wouldn't want an M to sound like that.

I guess that's subjective, personally I think the N55 M2 is one of the best sounding exhaust notes of recent i6 Bmw's, it has a deep 'growl' to it and the overruns sound amazing too. The B58 sounds great too.

As both the S55 & S58 use 2 mono scroll turbos that feed each turbo individually this is where the biggest change in sound is happening because of the manifold design. The G8x now has equal length exhausts which seems to have addressed the raspy tone which the S55 was famous for which is a good improvement, however..

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Ikester19

I guess that's subjective, personally I think the N55 M2 is one of the best sounding exhaust notes of recent i6 Bmw's, it has a deep 'growl' to it and the overruns sound amazing too. The B58 sounds great too.

As both the S55 & S58 use 2 mono scroll turbos that feed each turbo individually this is where the biggest change in sound is happening because of the manifold design. The G8x now has equal length exhausts which seems to have addressed the raspy tone which the S55 was famous for which is a good improvement, however..

It is a subjective assessment for sure, but considering the rasp has been around since the E46's S54 (...the car that went from being lambasted to regaled over time), I fail to understand the criticism of the S55. Ah well! Bring on the G8X. It's a beast of a car.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

I'm curious to know what the target sound is. Outside of a V8 Mustang, there isn't much in the price range of an M3/M4 that really sounds phenomenal....


....and as much as I love the sound of a Cobra or other Mustang variant (..blown or not), I wouldn't want an M to sound like that.

C63 sounds pretty good

[mcjohnsonsg]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

C63 sounds pretty good

Not for much longer!

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by mcjohnsonsg

Not for much longer!

True.

[NYG]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

Great work with the equal length exhaust and the bigger pipes. Good work BMW!

In terms of the sound, it sounds equally horrible to the rest of the turbo engines humankind has built, but at least this has equal length pipes to take it from a 2/10 to a 3/10 which is about as good as any of us can hope for

100% facts.

Getting a G8x and expecting that it will sound even decent will be a huge let down.

That being said, my 440 with an M-Performance exhaust did sound a whole lot better than my M4CS did.

If they get rid of the laaaame burbling/pops/cracks it'll sound even better.

[G80_GuyGuy]

Originally Posted by AlexFL

You can simply pull out the ASD plug. It literally takes 10 seconds to do.

Can you let me know where this plug is at please? I'm going to install and aftermarket subwoofer/amp and don't want the engine noise playing through the subwoofer.

[G80_GuyGuy]

Originally Posted by AlexFL

On the F97 (X3M) it's very easy. I can share a video.

It's the left side compartment in the trunk

Is this the same on the G80?