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Grill design here will probably make it more obvious. But whatever, no point worrying about it here, rest of the car is starting to grow on me. Still just not liking the size increase and lack of DCT... |
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I can watch these videos all day. Seeing the thoughtfulness BMW puts into their designs is extremely high and competitive. Almost as if they saying, you see what we doing for y'all, don't say we don't look out for you guys. It's almost trustworthy. Like I can rely on them to take care of all the little things. I really like and appreciate that. |
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All these cooling systems I take for granted because on the F8X they just work... personally never had an issue with an overheating something.
That said definitely overcooked the brakes before so seeing those brake ducts make me very happy. Much needed and very welcome addition! Me likey! |
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Liking the series of vids, the fact that BMW are showing us technical aspects of the G8x takes the focus off the exterior design and we can really appreciate the improvements over the F8x.
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Audi, Lexus etc also have huge grilles (as their design language). Audi also used to have a small grille above the crash structure, but changed their design. I don't think many Audi customers want the old design back, even though the big grille is there purely for design purposes. When Audi (and Lexus) introduced their large grilles it was met with the same reactions as BMW is facing now. Perhaps history repeats itselves in this case also... BMW have done the same on previous generations as well. The kidneys on the E21, E30, E28 and E34 for instance was just a design element of the grille, not needed for cooling purposes (they could actually had better air flow without the kidney surround blanking off part of the grille opening). Yes, it's a design decision. But isn't design an important feature, even of a M-car? |
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Yes, design aesthetics have always been an important element of ///M cars. Elegance and engineering purpose have always been attractive to me. But it has to be said, the G8X is definitely controversial in terms of looks, even more so when it cannot be justified by technical reasons.
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To be honest, save for the brake cooling ducts, I have not seen much “improvement” over the F8X to be demonstrated in any of these videos thus far...
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We have not seen much details of the G8X bracing, but from what I gather, the F8X bracing seems just as exhaustive if not more so. Further, effort was put to make the F8X stiffening elements lightweight.
As for the tires, same size rear and 10mm wider fronts as the CP/CS/GTS F8X . Nothing dramatic and mostly to offset the added front weight bias IMO. The 0.5" wider wheels are welcome though.
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And then there are some that are blinded by fanboism...
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