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12-13-2008, 09:05 PM | #1 |
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3500lbs!? BMW, what were you thinking?
This car is supposed to be bmws sports car, yet it weighs nearly as much as a 5er. This and the new 370Z were in the running for y next car, but it now seems that BMW has moved the z4 completely into hairdresser land. The fact that it weighs more than my 4seater 1series absolutely boggles my mind.
Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels let down by BMW. Between this, the x6, and rumors of M SUVs I really question the direction BMW is taking as a company. Will Audi end up as the last german brand producing amazing driver's street cars?
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P.S. you 1 series doesn't have a convertible hardtop ever thought of that? I find it funny that everyone cries about the weight, what do you want them to do when the government wants all the pedestrian safety rules and bmw still wants to give people all the features they want?
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I agree with you that it is pretty heavy but when you think about it with a hardtop convertable its not so bad. The 370Z weighs 3373 lbs (only 150 lbs or so less) with out it being a convertable (and 90% of that car is plastic J/K). When the new 370Z convertable comes out we will have to see how much that weighs. I absolutely love the new Z4 it is beautiful and i'm sure a lot of fun to drive!!!
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Perhaps I'm being a bit too reactionary. The styling is breathtaking, this will be timeless.
I'll reserve judgement on dynamics until I drive it, but I was really hoping for 3200-3300 lbs, 135 weight at most. I was very infatuated by the idea of the n54 in a 3200lb car, but perhaps BMW doesn't want to put a non-M car in the 12s stock quite yet.
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they extended the wheel base, width and over all length...a hardtop...what did you expect??? "...now seems that BMW has moved the z4 completely into hairdresser land"........ and this coming from a guy driving a 1 series.....pffftt!!
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The guy in the 3er calling the 1er a hairdresser car! I must say, I'm just generally unhappy that BMWs keep getting bigger and heavier with more superfluous features, and less sporting intent. Leave that to Mercedes. I'd be happier if BMW took the 350Z-370Z route, and made a smaller, lighter, higher performance car, instead of making a bigger, pretty, more luxurious car and shoe-horning a bigger engine into it. Perhaps wishful thinking on my part, but I want to see BMW stay focused on what the brand has always been about. World class luxury, class leading size, weight, and sex appeal were not old BMW. We saw distinctive yet handsome styling, and class leading performance, and an absolutely unbeatable blend of fun-to-drive and usability. IMO, we've been seeing some fun-to-drive sacrificed for luxury, size, and flash. There's a reason that over the past few years you've been seeing Audi's S and RS products doing VERY well in comparison tests against BMW and Mercedes, despite being slower. They are trying to fill the niche BMW once occupied, and they will do so without opposition if BMW keeps making each succesive generation of cars 15% larger, 20% heavier, and 30% more powerful. This is not a winning formula for fun-to-drive, this is a winning formula for building an American Muscle Car.
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The S and RS line are amazing street cars, and even the standard cars are excellent.
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stupidity of this magnitude should result in one thing...
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Interwebz is srs bizniz!!! Don't get your panties in wad, I was being light hearted! Argue away, it's always fun! I think I'm right, though you're welcome to disagree if you think BMWs are getting lighter, sportier, less powerful, and smaller.
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It's practically impossible to decrease weight while maintaining mainstream buyer interest.
They have to constantly add equipment to keep up with the times and standards. People are going to look at this and say "oh, good, it has this and that, which makes this much more appealing to me". If BMW doesn't add the trivial shit that people like, people are gonna notice. You have no idea how many men and women look at a car, notice it doesn't have X amount of cupholders, or it's missing this nav feature, or that panoramic sunroof, etc etc, and they're gonna look towards other cars. Same goes to dimensions. So long as the competition continues to grow larger, so will BMW. People tend to associate larger cars as being better cars. More space = better. We see it as a burden. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do. Look at the mags. They LOVE how much bigger the A4 is, despite the fact that it's a pig (but a fast pig at that). I'm betting on the next gen 3er gaining some weight as per usual. That's just the way it goes. If BMW could blow shit tons of money on aluminum and other lightweight high-strength materials, we'd be seeing weight drop, or at least plane off.
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your the one that drives a 1series....LOL....just kidding
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1 series in girly metallic baby blue!
I think what I would have done as BMW is lowered the car a bit, and used plastics or aluminum for the roof/hood/boot. Probably could have kept it under 3350 that way, and lowered cg. It'll be several years before I want to get rid of the 1er anyways, so hopefully well see an M, or M Sport by then.
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The weight is too high, period. Nobody asked for a mandatory hardtop convertible. I'm sure despite the weight, it'll still put up stellar handling figures though.
Otherwise, everything else is nice.
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