View Single Post
      07-24-2021, 07:59 AM   #206
WWM3
Lieutenant Colonel
WWM3's Avatar
United_States
957
Rep
1,898
Posts

Drives: 2018 GT3
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: PA

iTrader: (9)

Quote:
Originally Posted by deceptiv-cs View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by ///Mcarfan View Post
You say that as if strong sales corelate to anything design/beauty of the car itself. This may be true years ago, no longer with today's brand buyers.
It can look absolutely horrid yet brand zealots will still fork over cash.

Stop equating strong sales to anything of substance. If you like a broadly hated design just say it. No need to use a meaningless argument to support it.
This. People underestimate the allure of having the new toy. The amount of people that bought the new M3 for all reasons BUT the design is outstanding. Later, they slowly start convincing themselves “it’s not that bad” “it’s growing on me”. Pretty sure this new m2 will follow suit with what’s happened with the M3.

Enthusiasts will dislike it. People looking to get into another new car or new to the brand will say they like it and existing f87 owners who truly don’t like the design so far will say they’ll keep their cars.

It’s all subjective. For me, whether it was a comp or CS, I’m glad I have my f87 and I had an opportunity and thought about getting a g80 when my f80 M3 lease was up.

Ultimately, I can’t accept this new bmw design language- then there’s the whole made out of Mexico thing that is hard to accept for an M car.
The G87 will be sized between an E46 and E92, 450 HP, RWD, and will likely be the last M car to be offered with a 6MT.

A lot of enthusiasts will love it.
__________________
Past: 1999 M3 2003 M5 2006 330i 2007 335i 2009 M3 2013 M3 2018 M3
Appreciate 3
EXE462097.00
02M3ForMe4255.50