Alexander Karajlovic is the new BMW M Boss (VP of Development)

[Game]

Originally Posted by G MONEY

I was going to say, maybe he can fix the absolutely horrible manual transmission that M cars have had for 25+ years!?!? That’s right, manuals are all but dead. Never mind

Plenty of guys here (including myself) love their manuals.

[Ambrozie]

Originally Posted by Game

Plenty of guys here (including myself) love their manuals.

It’s fine in a vacuum.
Compare it to other manufacturers and it falls short.

[NGT2]

Originally Posted by ASAP

any chance at all for lighter more raw cars?

Highly doubtful. Especially on the raw part.

[NotSharocks]

Originally Posted by vasillalov

..so now we have 2 execs in BMW from Slavic/Balkan roots. This should be good.

What are tomatoes, cucumbers, random peppers, random processed meats, copious amounts of bread and farmers cheese for breakfast going to do to fix the fugly and heavy M cars they're putting out?

Nothing.

[NotSharocks]

Originally Posted by Ambrozie

It’s fine in a vacuum.
Compare it to other manufacturers and it falls short.

Compared to VW and Mercedes, they're better.

Compared to Honda, you can't because Honda actually cares about manuals and doesn't make any RWD LSD cars anymore so there's that.

Don't bring up the T56, that thing shifts like a truck.

[BimmerXdrive]

Originally Posted by ktmM3

If he was behind the spectacular M5 CS, M3 M4 CS, and now the M2 CS, that's a very good sign

Now, fix the electric steering please!

What’s your disappointment with the electronic steering? Just curious.

[Fugly M3]

Dirk was a fun instructor at the Ring a couple summers ago. Loved when he told us he liked the F87 better than the G87.

[eljay]

Originally Posted by NotSharocks

What are tomatoes, cucumbers, random peppers, random processed meats, copious amounts of bread and farmers cheese for breakfast going to do to fix the fugly and heavy M cars they're putting out?

Nothing.

Rimac just entered the room.

[Erebor]

Originally Posted by ASAP

any chance at all for lighter more raw cars?

You mean 1500kg cars from 20 years ago? Zero chance.

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by Erebor

You mean 1500kg cars from 20 years ago? Zero chance.

i think asking for a 1500kg car would be wild... but a 1650kg car thats rawer and less insulated without hybridization isnt a massive ask

[G MONEY]

Originally Posted by Game

Plenty of guys here (including myself) love their manuals.

God bless anyone who loves that long ass row that feels like mush Honda Nissan and Mazda all feel 10 times better than all these years of M trash. It’s actually ignorant of them to not have addressed this over the past 2.5 decades.

[akkando]

Originally Posted by pikkagtr

5000lbs hybrid no physical buttons behemoths incoming
Oh wait that is already what they're selling
🤣🤣

Self driving only M coming soon

[clutchdj]

can I have a normal fvking tachometer now!! please!!

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by NotSharocks

Compared to VW and Mercedes, they're better.

Compared to Honda, you can't because Honda actually cares about manuals and doesn't make any RWD LSD cars anymore so there's that.

Don't bring up the T56, that thing shifts like a truck.

I love Honda's manuals, I wish I could get a RWD 6MT from them...

[Ambrozie]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I love Honda's manuals, I wish I could get a RWD 6MT from them...

Shoutout to the Prelude in your signature.

[Hydrogen]

Originally Posted by My M3

Hopefully the M future is looking good

Not with EV’s and Hybrid’s.

Anyone else here believe (like I do), that there should be a separate “E” line of M the way there is Formula 1 and Formula E?

BMW E Motorsport

There should always remain a cohort, however small (even if just the M3 model) of pure ICE M vehicles.

[Hydrogen]

Originally Posted by G MONEY

God bless anyone who loves that long ass row that feels like mush Honda Nissan and Mazda all feel 10 times better than all these years of M trash. It’s actually ignorant of them to not have addressed this over the past 2.5 decades.

Planned obsolescence? Keep the manuals inferior to the competition so fewer and fewer people order them, thereby once they are fully discontinued, only a minority are left to complain?

[NotSharocks]

Originally Posted by BimmerXdrive

What’s your disappointment with the electronic steering? Just curious.

Probably that you don't feel anything from BMW steering since the F chassis came out.

Originally Posted by eljay

Rimac just entered the room.

When has Rimac made a manual transmission car?

Originally Posted by G MONEY

God bless anyone who loves that long ass row that feels like mush Honda Nissan and Mazda all feel 10 times better than all these years of M trash. It’s actually ignorant of them to not have addressed this over the past 2.5 decades.

You realize that a $400 short shifter solves this right?

Like it's not that hard.

Originally Posted by Frosty

I love Honda's manuals, I wish I could get a RWD 6MT from them...

My hatred of FWD is more powerful than my hatred of BMW design language which is telling.

They need to make an S3000. But it would probably suck.

[Erebor]

Originally Posted by ASAP

i think asking for a 1500kg car would be wild... but a 1650kg car thats rawer and less insulated without hybridization isnt a massive ask

You are describing the M4 CSL.
G8x cars were the last non-hybridised M cars though, so there is a nonexistent chance for that in the future.

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by Erebor

You are describing the M4 CSL.
G8x cars were the last non-hybridised M cars though, so there is a nonexistent chance for that in the future.

yes, and ironically, the M4 CSL... is the worst rated of the entire bunch... I even like to CS more

[G MONEY]

Originally Posted by NotSharocks

My hatred of FWD is more powerful than my hatred of BMW design language which is telling.

They need to make an S3000. But it would probably suck.

So why haven’t they made that Factory? I don’t care that it’s trash as I’m not a Manual fan anymore. It just blows my mind that they have let it go on for SO long!!! You shouldn’t have to have an aftermarket part, to make it feel like a car that’s 40 dollars less? You don’t agree with that? It was the worst part of my E-36 then the worst part of my 46 then the F car was DCT so I didn’t need that slush box anymore

[overcooked]

V12 M8 with zf8 transaxle please