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Top Gear UK Speed week - July 2014
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Some avid readers may have noted the M235i in the readings. For those who haven't, here is a link. https://drive.google.com/folderview?...mc&usp=sharing Edited to the article only. Other surprises in note - Golf R ranks well, Stingray impresses all, and the M4 rides a fine line of tolerable. |
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Hmmm, I'm a skeptical on their comparison of the M235i, this coming from a VW person. I only read a few parts of the review but it seemed like they used every opportunity to bash the M235i.
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That was my opinion with the article, they screwed the m235i by ordering the wrong spec. Lsd would have been a nice choice to... Still they picked a car that is harder to find than hens teeth (in North America) so for us for the foreseeable future the golf r is a concept car... As a caveat I don't hate on the R, I would buy one in a second. But I couldn't. So I didn't . |
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I think they were being sinister by bringing the bmw in the first place. |
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Don't mind them slapping the BMW's, if that is their honest opinions. It is a car mag after all.
Didn't see a point to them slapping my country (or anyone else's) under the vet review. |
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Since the Audi S1 and Seat Cupra are not available in the US, I thought the Golf R v. M235i appropriate. But while both may be fun, (for me) the M235i just has more presence. Plus, coming from an Audi quattro, I wanted to get back to RWD. The pull out of corners is a different dynamic than pushing out. Like others have said, with the AT, the M235 would have had better lap numbers, probably almost at the same time as the Golf R. On the article, I thought taking the top two supercars, the least likely to be attained by its readers (but most enticing to the drivers), to be a let down. I did find the reviews of the Stingray promising. Not because I want the car (it is sexy), but because US engineers have been slighted (rightly or wrongly) for the piss poor vehicles they have been producing over the years. I can only hope the new Mustang on a global platform performs as admirably. |
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In terms of what I read, Top Gear was divided on the M4. It seemed they liked the engine but not how power got to the ground. TheM4 did make the cut for the second part of the article, though. The M235i was dammed with faint praise. If the car had the wrong spec, it was the 6 speed manual and not the lack of an LSD. 0-60 times were way off. I say this because most tests of the M235i were extremely favorable and were equipped with the 8 speed auto. I know many around here will not like my analysis, but that is how I see it.
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I see it that Top Gear just like to rag on BMW. The M4 has gotten amazing reviews elsewhere but TG seemed to find fault...just like they do in every BMW review. Give them a dull 4wd hatch and that's their level. I'd rather listen to the opinion of Chris Harris or the like.
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