Wholeheartedly agree and it's what gives me faith that the A90 will be the type of car that I will really enjoy.
I also picked a small turbo for my A80 to keep the sharp, punchy, balanced feel and couldn't be happier.
interesting.
it doesn't make sense for BMW to require the iron block engine, they (I assume) have no requirement for aftermarket tuning like the A90 does.
I'd be really disappointed if the Iron block was only available in the heaviest variant. That'd really suck.
Fascinating - that the engine isn't a B58 derivative. I am very curious to know whether the B58 will be offered in the A90 at all, and whether the "3JZ/8M/BJZ whatever" will be offered in the Z4
Don't compare usd and aud for cars - it's not a simple conversion.
A 60K USD car roughly equates to 100K here
Also, they pulled those numbers from me. I had had a gut feel where the car would sit locally based on what's said here.
So I wouldn't read anything into any of the Aussie reports. :)
Think GT86 size but with a longer nose and less room between the B and C pillar.
If you watch the video from motoring.com.au, you can see how small it is compared to me and the journo. For reference, I'm 6'0" when I'm not slouching like the geek I am
Anyone who has concerns about the car looking bulbous - from seeing the concept in the flesh, even in widebody form, the car looks anything but. It flows really nicely from the rear haunces, with a slender C pillar and all flowing into that pointed, down facing nose.
Proportionally, it's...