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No Z4 Coupe
No fixed roof Z4M...lame. BMW could tap into the Cayman market offering a 6-cylinder vs Porsche’s 4-banger. I think they could steal some Porsche buyers on sound alone.
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12-11-2017, 05:06 PM | #798 |
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Amusing that the new GTS is supposed to be as fast on the N'Ring as the old GT4.
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I'm just glad 981 Caymans are not in my price range. |
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I'm not going to get into this now; not the forum for it. Suffice it to say that the vast majority of purists who are against the flat-4 have never driven one (and don't realize how superior of a motor it is) and don't understand Porsche's own history of designing and producing engines.
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I'm not going to get into this now; not the forum for it. Suffice it to say that the vast majority of purists who are against the flat-4 have never driven one (and don't realize how superior of a motor it is) and don't understand Porsche's own history of designing and producing engines.
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12-13-2017, 06:27 AM | #804 |
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Subies have the distinctive "boxer grumble" due to unequal length headers. The Porsche 4-banger has equal length headers. It would sound like an old Beetle were it not for the turbo.
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Good grief enough with the camo already. Let's see the damned car!!
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Yup - its starting to get silly now. maybe they will remove the camo layer to reveal - another camo layer beneath it! Come on BMW guys - folks want to see this thing finally.
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I agree, show the car.
Side note...anyone else disappointed with the leaked 8 series pics? Feel this will be more of the same...
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The Supra is reported to be unveiled at Geneva. So maybe the same will happen with the Z4?
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-new...states-of-tune |
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Although that would be really cool, I can't imagine that the two car makers would compete with each other like that - everybody would compare the two cars. And in a way, steal the spotlight from the other.
Which other car show between now and August could they use to introduce the Z4 to the public? |
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Thats its true predecessor, a smaller more affordable consumer model placed under the 911. Historically that would even have given a good oppertunity to name a 718 if some special version would ever get a 6cyl: the 914-6. That would complete the historical reference I never understood why porsche didnt go this way. The 914 was very succesful, over 100.000 made (which was a lot in that time)
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- The 914 is associated far too closely with VW -- and it was branded as such in many countries in Europe. It would have diluted the Porsche brand and served as a partial de facto reinforcement of the flat-6-vs.-flat-4 debate. - Reinforcing the Porsche brand through racing pedigree -- as the original 718 has in spades, and as previous generations of the Cayman have established in various series -- make far more business sense. Though the 914 was raced, it was primarily as the 914-6 because the original intent was to sell the 914-6 as a Porsche and the 914 as a VW ... which circles back to Reason #1.
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BMW Z4: new pictures of 2019 model show Z4 Concept influence
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