BMW - Replacement Model Badge

Sin_Chase said:
Anaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal.

Why don't BMW just keep the whole ///M badging for actual M cars and have some other indication of a trim level. Why so complicated!
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Becuase actual M cars are badged as such. BMW have been doing this since 1986, please try and get used to it. Without it there would be no M cars. Do you think BMW make M3's to make money selling them? Of course not. They make M3's because they are aspirational halo cars. You see an M3. You want an M3. Your fleet manager wont let you have an M3 so you order a 320d M Sport and get your little bit of M-Tech that way.

Without M branded Sport models there would be NO true M cars. Remember - the Sport models came first. The 1986 M535i was not an M5 - it was basically a 535i Sport. It was M badged...
 
Vigoro said:
What if it is an M car pre E39 M5, Z3 Coupe, and that sort of era? :p
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e34 would be pre e39, e28 before that.

M has become more of a status symbol is last few generations. The whole point of a m car was subtlety (e30 m3 excluded) When the m535i (e28) came out it took a proper car chap to tell the differance to the 528e.
now they have all sorts of grills and such crap all over them. nasty.
 
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gbradders123 said:
e34 would be pre e39, e28 before that.

M has become more of a status symbol is last few generations. The whole point of a m car was subtlety (e30 m3 excluded) When the m535i (e28) came out it took a proper car chap to tell the differance to the 528e.
now they have all sorts of grills and such crap all over them. nasty.
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I was on about MRK saying about M3/M5/etc being distinguishable by quad tail pipes :rolleyes:
 
mrk said:
You'll actually know if such old BMWs should have an M badge or not as they were easily set apart from the standard models :p But how many of those do you see about today? most of them have been thrashed into the ground and look like turd :p
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That was amusing to read.

So, you know when you're looking at an e28 M535i or an e28 M5 right? :p
 
mrk said:
You'll actually know if such old BMWs should have an M badge or not as they were easily set apart from the standard models :p
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I'd disagree there mate, the point of the first M5's was to be a "Wolf in Sheeps clothing" the e28 & later e34 models demonstrate this very well, most would be hard pressed to appreciate the difference until it passed you.
 
[TW]Fox;14577306 said:
Without M branded Sport models there would be NO true M cars. Remember - the Sport models came first. The 1986 M535i was not an M5 - it was basically a 535i Sport. It was M badged...
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Wrong, "True M cars" came first. - The first official M-badged car for sale to the public was the M1, revealed at the Paris Motor Show in 1978, the e28 M535i came along in 1979 it featured suspension, styling, and transmission improvements over the standard 535i. These changes were carried out by BMW Motorsport, thus the car carried "M" stripe badges on the front grille and boot, quite a bit more than merely an M badged e28.




I hate it when I double post! :o
 
Pah, they still came with M badges on the front grille.

Maybe not from far away but up close or on the road yeah. Plus, how many ///MX e28/etc do you see on a daily basis? makes them all the more exclusive!
 
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[TW]Fox;14577306 said:
Do you think BMW make M3's to make money selling them? Of course not. They make M3's because they are aspirational halo cars. You see an M3. You want an M3.
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Erm, actually yes. Which is why production volume since the E30 have risen considerably. It's also why the current M3 is so far removed from the ethos behind the original E30 M3. It now appeals to a much wider (and commercial) market and I would suggest that is totally sales and profit driven, would you not?
 
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