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      06-19-2018, 01:05 PM   #228
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Originally Posted by gmd2003 View Post
Come on , you feel the weight of a car in every corner you take on the road lol . The it's not going to the track excuse doesn't cut it . This car at 400 pounds less would accelerate , brake , and be more dynamic period . It would be one thing if BMW wasn't spouting carbon core marketing BS and said it would be the heaviest coupe that they ever made lol . I wasn't expecting a miracle but given it is smaller in every dimension to the 6 it replaces ,I did expect it to actually lose weight . At this price point it needed to be special not just look special. Some of us like to turn too ...
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Originally Posted by BMWMilan View Post
Well, lets look at it this way.

The Aston Martin DB11 is between 3900 to 4100 lb
The Bentley Continental Coupe is 5100 lb
The Mercedes S Class Coupe (non-AMG) is 4700 lb

So in the grand scheme of things, at 4400-4500 lb, it's actually a lightweight among its competitors.
If Polestar One https://www.carscoops.com/2018/06/po...-carbon-fiber/ can do it why can't BMW?

I'm beginning to understand now why BMW chose to call it 8 series..they couldn't keep the weight down. BMW could have utilized its carbon fiber factory to do something a bit more special, but they didn't.

M cars tend to weigh more, so how much M8 is going to weigh?

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