[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by GioM3

Did anybody see new Corvette? 500hp Mid Engine, Lightweight, looks like well balanced Supercar for $60k, am I missing something here? Obviously GM will sell them like hot cakes, why can't BMW build something like this? R8, Ford GT, they all sell well and perform better than anything BMW has built, why can't BMW put at least S55 in i8, Plus electric motor and make 600hp super hybrid car?? Why? Why? Why????? What am I missing?

WAIT WHAT?

this is a thread about a BMW X3 right ? not a Chevrolet Traverse, ?...

because I'm wondering why Chevrolet can't build a decent SAV if they can build a corvette!

Chevy Trax- Crap.
Chevy Equinox - crap on a shingle.
Chevy Traverse - are you kidding me?
All new Blazer ? c'mon man...

Why can't Chevy build an SUV as good as BMW does... AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?

Originally Posted by Igor_M5

The correct thread?

+1

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by glennQNYC

There is no "Cecotto Street" in NYC. This is an Easter egg (along with all the little M Town references).

probably only 5% of people on this forum even know who Johnny Cecotto is and how he is involved with BMW.

[MachinesWithSouls]

Coming from someone that works on their advertising, that wasn't very good. I wonder what the story board looked like.

[Mavus]

Originally Posted by Mako

Tell me a company who hasn't diluted their badges?

Porsche has been doing it for a while with "Turbo" SUVS, Mercedes and AMG is the king of it. Jaguar/RR and SVR

They had to do it, don't hate the player, hate the game.

But I love the game. Don't people realize cars like this help the budget for developing other M car engines! X5M and X3M are huge help for future M5 and M3s

you mean developing monster grills and fwd 2 series grand coupe xdrive 35i msport competition?

[M3GymNut]

Originally Posted by GioM3

Did anybody see new Corvette? 500hp Mid Engine, Lightweight, looks like well balanced Supercar for $60k, am I missing something here? Obviously GM will sell them like hot cakes, why can't BMW build something like this? R8, Ford GT, they all sell well and perform better than anything BMW has built, why can't BMW put at least S55 in i8, Plus electric motor and make 600hp super hybrid car?? Why? Why? Why????? What am I missing?

At the end of the day it will not be $60k when it's all said and done because it comes standard with practically nothing and when you start adding the basic things that you would like you're gonna go oh snap. Also, at the end of the day it's American, the quality is just not there...

[AGAV13]

Damn, that commercial STUNK!

[CP911]

LOL..pretty bad. Just shows off the terrible sound of the S58 (really, again, BMW??) and nothing more. It's like they want the vehicle to be a flop.

[Remonster]

Originally Posted by GioM3

I specifically said sell well and will sell well, BMW always thinks: if we make a model, can we make profit on it? If Audi R8, Ford GT and Corvette makes profit, surly BMW can make enthusiast's Supercar and make profit on it.

I'll give you a hint: Audi has cancelled the R8 and will not produce a successor. Ford GT is extremely, extremely limited production...

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by Remonster

I'll give you a hint: Audi has cancelled the R8 and will not produce a successor. Ford GT is extremely, extremely limited production...

The new ford gt isn't street legal , which screams " lots of money saved not crash testing one "



" DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford will sell an even faster, more powerful version of its Ford GT supercar for $1.2 million. But only 45 will be built, the automaker announced Thursday, and it won't be legal to drive them on public roads.

The 700 horsepower Ford GT Mk II is intended for track use only. It was also not designed to comply with the regulations of any particular racing series, giving engineers free reign to maximize the car's performance potential, Ford said."

[Germanauto]

They could've done more with a very special setting like Manhattan.

Porsche did a nice promo vid in Vancouver for the Macan a couple years ago. That was much more exciting.

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

probably only 5% of people on this forum even know who Johnny Cecotto is and how he is involved with BMW.

Never heard of him

Glad to know I am in the majority

[Germanauto]

Originally Posted by BMWModel3

They could've just used the track driving footage for the launch promo

I like the idea of a city like NYC being used as the backdrop. It's just sort of boring, from the color of the car to the clips shown and the soundtrack.

[GioM3]

Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

WAIT WHAT?

this is a thread about a BMW X3 right ? not a Chevrolet Traverse, ?...

because I'm wondering why Chevrolet can't build a decent SAV if they can build a corvette!

Chevy Trax- Crap.
Chevy Equinox - crap on a shingle.
Chevy Traverse - are you kidding me?
All new Blazer ? c'mon man...

Why can't Chevy build an SUV as good as BMW does... AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?

+1

Yes it is correct thread, I'd rather see proper M Supercar (what M8 should've been), then another M badge sticked to a SUV...

[wdeerfield]

Originally Posted by GioM3

Yes it is correct thread, I'd rather see proper M Supercar (what M8 should've been), then another M badge sticked to a SUV...

except.... that's not what is selling right now.... You dont build products people dont want... it's kind of a simple business model. You build what people want and you add features other competitors do not have to set yourself apart. a very very small few would buy an M supercar. Why would they spend all that development on a car that even YOU wouldnt (couldn't) buy?

[evo-mike]

When I think of NYC I think of open roads and spirited driving...oh wait, isn't that the place that every time I go there it takes 3hrs to get across town?

[martin mustang]

also the least place for an M SUV

Originally Posted by psuibmw

Picked NYC The least city to qualify as an M town

[ZZZZMD1991]

Originally Posted by glennQNYC

Fake news. I bet a lot of M vehicles are sold in Metro NY.

Yes, very unrealistic; traffic is moving at more than 4 MPH and there are no Uber drivers on the Brooklyn Bridge

[GioM3]

Originally Posted by wdeerfield

except.... that's not what is selling right now.... You dont build products people dont want... it's kind of a simple business model. You build what people want and you add features other competitors do not have to set yourself apart. a very very small few would buy an M supercar. Why would they spend all that development on a car that even YOU wouldnt (couldn't) buy?

BMW spent eternity to develop i8, because everything it had, had to be engineered from the scratch, it costs over 100k and people buy it, I think it will cost way less to develop Supercar, simply use existing Engine and Drivetrain and build lightweight body around it, ie M8 GTE

[Darkfleet]

Originally Posted by GioM3

Did anybody see new Corvette? 500hp Mid Engine, Lightweight, looks like well balanced Supercar for $60k, am I missing something here? Obviously GM will sell them like hot cakes, why can't BMW build something like this? R8, Ford GT, they all sell well and perform better than anything BMW has built, why can't BMW put at least S55 in i8, Plus electric motor and make 600hp super hybrid car?? Why? Why? Why????? What am I missing?

BMW has been leading comfortably for quite some time. technology has come a long way very fast that other car companies are implementing tech that once only BMW or luxury cars would have. Making the choice even harder to stick with BMW. Since they are also offering v8 engines at similar price range to BMW''s flagship vehicles

[DML]

Originally Posted by E92 - last 3s coupe

Just another very bad example of diluting the M badge to non-existence by adding to a frumpy useless SUV and lame ad to go with it.

Maybe I'll do a badge delete on my "M3"

[bimmer456]

Looks like it's a European ad but in the US.

[Kminor2578]

Lame video, but I recently drove one during the M town tour at circle BMW, it is one really fun SUV to drive.