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      09-04-2018, 01:56 AM   #89
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Just skip the lame "9" and go with the 10, but call it an X. BMW X Series with X drive and eXecutive package. XXX edition.
That's creative thinking lol
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      09-30-2018, 03:23 PM   #90
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what bmw needs: A 911 competitor, a proper supercar, and a silly car no one would buy but actually fun
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The current 911 is a bad ass, with no plugin in sight.

The i8, not so much. Especially with it's extremely limited electric range.
i8 would be cool if bmw managed to make an i8m version with over 700 hps. I believe since Tesla can make it, bmw also can, but they just dont, because reasons.
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you guys realize what you're asking for right? You're asking for BMW to make a car that cannibalizes its halo performance car the M3.

Ask yourself, if they made a version of the AMG GT, would you still buy an M3?....

Also, if it was so damn easy to make a 911 competitor, then everyone would have done it and put Porsche out of business. The reality is, most every other major manufacturers are in the business of making people movers not sports cars. Even Porsche couldn't stay with making sports cars. The Cayenne sales is what is funding all their car development.
s63 inside i8 body, boom, a 911 competitor has born. But I guess it would be so hard for bmw to make this decision.
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      09-30-2018, 03:43 PM   #93
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Oh Stop. What's next ? A 10, 11 and 12 series?
After 9 comes X.
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The current 911 is a bad ass, with no plugin in sight.

The i8, not so much. Especially with it's extremely limited electric range.
i8 would be cool if bmw managed to make an i8m version with over 700 hps. I believe since Tesla can make it, bmw also can, but they just dont, because reasons.
BMW has to seriously step up their game.

No doubt about it.
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BMW has said in the past that there is no business case for them to make a i8M as it goes against what the car was supposed to be.

The yet to be announced new 6 series is supposed to be some sort of Porsche Cayman competitor now that the 8er has replaced the 6er as a GT car.
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      10-01-2018, 04:29 PM   #96
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Do keep in mind gents that the M8 is going head to head against Porsches 911 GT3-RS in the Weather tech series.

Been some fantastic racing this yr.
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Why even bother and make another luxury expensive sedan they have the 7 series & rolls royce aint that enough ? why not make a mid engined bmw like the old M1 and compete with super cars
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Damn, BMW won't stop until they have a car for every possible letter and number combination.. That's just strait up greedy..
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Do keep in mind gents that the M8 is going head to head against Porsches 911 GT3-RS in the Weather tech series.

Been some fantastic racing this yr.
No, it is racing against the 911 RSR, which is a mid engined car. BOP helps the M8 immensely. Because in real life, a 911 GT3 or in this case, a mid engines 911 road car (Which would be a Cayman, if you think about it) would walk away from an M8. The M8 is a sports GT, the 911 is a sports car.

But, I think that the M8 will be outclassed next year, as the next 911 RSRs are being tested with some funky looking aero, and then there is the Corvette C8. So that is the Ford GT, Ferrari 488, Porsche 911 RSR, Corvette C8 which are mid engined. And the Aston Martin Vantage and M8 which are left as front engined. So, what’s happening is that the GTLM class is starting to shape up like a quasi-GT1 class, with purpose built mid engined cars for racing. That is until the supposedly upcoming GT1-like class, which may feature the new Toyota
Super Sport Concept—-a mid engined twin turbo V6 HyperCar.
Which begs the question, will BMW be lured to that as well, or stick only with the M8 in GTLM?
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