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At first sight, I do not like. Front reminds me of a Jetta/Audi A3. No bueno!
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The correct way of making a proper e46 M3 sedan is to be friends with corporate and give them huge somes of money, and have a clean donor 328/330i. I mean, they did make a e46 M3 wagon. So, one could in theory befriend an M engineer get all that was changed to make it a M3, and go to town on a donor car. There is someone who listed all the things that were changed and the price. |
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This is hyundiaaaaaaa!!!
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The compact sedan concept deserves to be born and released WW, asap!
It's that good looking! as for the RWD thingy, I feel your concern, but there's always X-drive, hopefully not the cheap "x-drive" found in the new X1, but I guess it's the same platform so... My concern is that the entry level sedan 1 and 2 series, really is a Mini under the bonnet, exactly like the F48. Wonder how BMW are going to play it?
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Audi sold over 3000 A3 in June
In the US, Audi sold over 3000 A3 in June and Mercedes sold over 2000 CLA.
It is weird thinking that BMW plans to release a niche 2-Series GC instead of a proper 4 door sedan rivalry to the A3 and CLA. And Audi and Mercedes are not worried about taking sales away from the A4 and C-Class either. The Grand coupes (4 Series and 6 Series) are low volume models - one can hardly see a handful at dealerships here in the US. June sale of US 4 Series (including GC) is 3184. If I take a wild guess that BMW is selling one GC out of every five 4 Series, then the volume is about 600 This is not comparing apples to apples but the grand coupe is a low volume vehicle. |
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I think it looks good, a sedan was needed
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What's the deal with the large 2 square cut outs in the front bumper where the plate would be mounted?
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ZF does make a FWD 9 speed transmission with electronic shifter (the 9HP), but I think they had production capacity and reliability issues with it so BMW went with Aisin. BMW probably also didn't want it's entry level models have a "better" 9 speed auto when the rest of the RWD based cars "only" had 8 speeds. The 9HP is used by a few FCA cars (Chrysler 200, Jeep Cherokee, etc) and Honda/Acura in the Pilot Touring, MDX and TLX V6. |
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So much hate, that energy could be used for much better purposes. Hopefully it will work its way over here eventually, the 3er is so bloated now, the e46 was the perfect size IMO. This should have similar volumes and dimensions, for all anyone knows it could come as AWD like the X1 (they share the same UKL platform).
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In the matter of just 10 years or so, BMW has gone from a manufacturer that stated it doesn't platform share (to eliminate the compromises with doing so - and as every other mass-production manufacturer does) and only produces RWD platforms since it offers perfect weight balance, to now doing both; and even sharing platforms with another manufacturer (ugh). While computer drivetrain control has lead to programming RWD handling attributes into a FWD chassis, the laws of physics (i.e. moments of inertia) still matter when tires lose grip.
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I'll goes with the E30 if you please...
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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