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Originally Posted by ScottAndrew
Which "base model" in the past got to 60 mph in 4.4 sec, 100 in about 10 sec and pulls about a G on a skidpan?
The "base model" X2 takes 9 sec to 90 mph, by the way. All available on BMW's native home page 
Of course, many people on the internet think BMW made this car personally and specially for them, which is why they scream and rant and pull their hair out and declare their hate for all the world to see. But BMW is making this car with a shared platform and engine to reduce the cost of manufacture, and the profits from these cars go into making the next $35,000 family car accelerate from 0 to 60 in 4 sec, protect you and your child in a major collision, keep you safe if you're daft enough to browse social media driving down the road, put engineering into the next generation of M cars, all that good stuff.
So put up with it or BMW will take all your toys away and you can bore the tits off the internet by screaming and ranting about how BMW doesn't make M cars like it used to, etc etc etc. |
Who pissed in your Post Toasties?
The car is disappointing to me because there are fewer and fewer options to get a RWD BMW without getting something huge. And the fact that no true ///M variants will be available is also a big miss, because I owned an M performance product and it was the worst BMW I have had.
I am on my 7th now, so I speak from personal experience - that was the point I am trying to make.
The cars also
used to be more than just 0-60 numbers. Subjective aspects like RWD, steering feel, competent chassis, etc...these were staples of the
base models. My point is that anyone who has driven an F30 will tell you that that apple has fallen far from the tree. So now you're forced to buy an M performance model to get a slither of what every BMW used to have...and then you throw in the move to FWD in the smaller models - exactly for the reasons you state: additional profit. Not because the change is what BMW's customer base has been asking for.
What is it they say about an answer to a question no one asked?
