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12-07-2007, 05:47 AM | #1 |
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How come the new e92 M3 doesn't have the LED tail lights the e46 M3's had? Is it a marketing strategy or what?
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12-07-2007, 06:46 AM | #3 |
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I believe they have LED bars on them, correct?
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I really like the Audi LED front running lights, better than BMWs Angel Eyes.
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12-07-2007, 09:12 AM | #6 |
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Only the rear running lights are LED's, these are the bars.
The brake, indicator and reverse lights are regular bulbs. I suspect that the whole cluster will go LED as part of a mid life refresh as previously suggested. |
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Brake lights are not a minor detail.
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I really like the looks of the LED's in the rear of the E46M3. I'm not so sure I like how the E92's are much more subtle. It's certainly possible that BMW would upgrade several months after the car is out. When I went to pick up my E46M3 back in mid 2003, it was one of the first cars to come out with the LED refresh on the rear which had previously only come on the 7 series at that time.
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i wish the whole brake light would be LED too.
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12-07-2007, 12:19 PM | #13 |
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LEDs also light about 30% faster than bulbs. All in the name of safety.
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12-07-2007, 12:22 PM | #14 |
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The 335i at night either when braking or not looks KILLER. The LED bars are fairly unique and IMHO simply look fantastic. The E92 M3 will look identical with regards to this feature. Although simply having LEDs is cool, the implementation on the E46 does not look good to me. All those small very bright points of light from each individual LED - it looks sort of ricey, again IMHO.
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I like the new implementation BMW has chosen. They look really cool at night, and are not as overtly "LED... Look at Me" if you know what I mean. |
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I just wish I could see it more when I drive.
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12-07-2007, 02:54 PM | #19 |
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BMW is not the only one to tout this. Infiniti does as well.
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12-07-2007, 07:43 PM | #20 |
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I hope they refresh it like for the 2010 models so the brake lights and turn signals are LED, that way we won't ever have to worry about them burning out.
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12-07-2007, 09:06 PM | #21 |
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They don't have LEDs because the LED tailight was more of a trend at one point. Same with the introduction of "clear" tailights. They both came out at the same time and some companies still profit from it.
BMW has gone more conservative this time around and actually revived the 94' 3-series design. Although the E46 LEDs were awesome at the time, I think the new deisgn is right on with the advances in design that Bangle has made. The bars in the E92 tailights are so f-ing sexy it makes me mad that I don't have it. For that matter, I love the bars in the new 7-series, X5, and the curved lines in the new 5-series tailights. All are f-ing hot. I love pulling up behind those cars at night. |
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