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(I don't know why I wrote quad tips as a synonym for dual exit) I am not talking about physical similarities, I am talking about how the design similarities of the car has transformed over 25 years. There's no way they would look remotely similar after all this time, very few 90s cars have...

Thats not even a real BMW model, its a rendering of a hardtop E89 The quad exhaust and diffuser are by-products of modern styling, thats pretty much the status quo on any new sports car. Also that isn't a BMW styling cue, the entire industry uses diffusers and dual exhausts. Reflectors hidden...

This shot really emphasizes the similarities in the rears of the two after 25 years of design influence. ( I still lol when I hear people say it looks like a z4)

I don't know why people thought he was BSing, a hole is a hole. Those blocked off vents means you dont have to cut a hole in the beauty side of your hood/door, design a vent for the hole, and repaint over factory paint to be functional, not that they would be pre-plumbed with only a $3 piece of...

What is the shoulder room like? Obviously it isn't a challenger inside, but I am very picky about my arm being too close to the door panels and too close to my passenger's arm room

Digging the blue, reminds me of my 8E3 MK3

Isn't the IS300 the 4 cyl turbo now?

The 20i version makes less than the 86 but the 30i makes ~250hp. They are both B48s

Imagine buying a new car and swapping in a 20 year old, unknown mileage, jdm junkyard motor and a trans that shifts like moving a wooden spoon through a bucket of door knobs

Havent we known about the 6 cyl rumors for a while now though or am I solely thinking of just the Cayman version? The real test is to see how well it sells to see if the Z4 gets an M version to compete

The 6 cyl Boxster doesn't exist* Even at a 4 cyl FI, this was all they had to benchmark after excluding the GT4, Yes that is my point, there is no 6 cylinder 718 to benchmark The entire paragraph makes no sense in an apple to apples to comparison, especially since it is a BMWBlog article (not...

There's so many levels of irony here I dont even know where to start

How would they benchmark it against a car that doesn't exist yet? That article is a second hand source of a review that compares two cars that weren't targeted at each other, not a statement saying they are competitors. 30i = Boxster M40i = Boxster S Z4M? = Boxster GT4/Spyder?

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Toyota uses BMW diesels in the RAV4 and Avenis(sp?) in Europe so I dont think engine sharing outside of the Supra is off the table

So it disproves your point about how they are practically the same size since the lineup is similar to the 90s lineup? Okay got it. Why would we want it to share the chassis? The a90 has a lower CoG and is more rigid than the LFA

Those images are just visual representations. It still doesn't take away from the fact that the A90 is 5.8 inches longer and 3 inches wider than its little brother while the A80 was only 3 inches longer and 2 inches wider than the 6th gen Celica (less than an inch longer than the coupe and...

It's 3 inches wider and 6 inches longer. "Shorter wheelbase than the 86" does not mean it is shorter overall. The 2 series and 3 series do not share the same platform, same motor does not mean same platform. That would be saying the Supra shares the same platform as the X5. 1 and 2 series share...

Drive the two and report back

This is very one track minded approach to a complex situation that is incredibly unique to each buyer and their desires, you even saying at the end "I wouldn't choose either," shows that. No one is buying a car at the very top of their budget AND is expecting to put a bunch of money into it...