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Carbon roof makes it STANDARD. | 57 | 53.77% | |
Carbon roof is an EXPENSIVE option. | 37 | 34.91% | |
Carbon roof NOT MAKING PRODUCTION, no matter what. | 12 | 11.32% | |
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03-07-2007, 08:04 AM | #1 |
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Odds the M3 carbon fiber roof makes it to Production, M6 style
When reading the reviews for the M6, when it first came out, many of the magazines noted that the price of the M6 could have been substantially reduced by removing the carbon fiber roof. However, the carbon fiber roof made it to production in the US and overseas. So, given that the M3 is likely to come in almost half as much as the M6, does the concept car's carbon fiber roof make it to production? Standard...(we, American's love our sun-roofs), or $7-10,000 option...(making it the highest price option on any BMW within the United States). Thoughts
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the official specs are out already?
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03-07-2007, 08:48 AM | #4 |
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id say it will make it. We havent seen anything groundbreaking with the M3, so these "touches" are a must IMO. I would have liked to see BMW do somethig spectacular with the brakes as well...thought we'd see carbon brakes...
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03-07-2007, 09:44 AM | #7 |
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The M3 roof will be made in sintetic material "covered" by a tin surface of carbon fiber, check the press release. This way they will keep the cost low.
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03-07-2007, 01:48 PM | #11 |
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No chance
No chance now or probably ever to get carbon brakes. They are for race cars only and any work when hot enought to practically glow. However, ceramic rotors would have been very nice. One small reason top end P-cars cost so much though is details like this.
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03-07-2007, 02:10 PM | #13 |
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I have a feeling it might be optional. The M3 is more bread and butter than the niche M6. As mentioned, US market like their sunroofs.
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I think it will make it to production.
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I still have hope for an M3 CSL, though. With Aluminum doors, less sound deadening, thinner glass, stiffer suspension, and about 450 HP that would probably take a GT3. Or they could just drop the V10 in it and be done!
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