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Chrisny - it may be the case in the states - but strange that I have only seem the one so far. Maybe lots of orders ready to arrive soon.
As for rest of this thread - you would think someone who has enough money to order an M would be smart enough to check out properly what it looks like first if being different from the standard look is all important. Might as well have just bought a standard one ! Chuckle chuckle. Not much differece in attitude from the guy in another thread who was pretending his was an m ! |
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I also think it's just in our heads a bit. Think about how many 3 series there are out there, but when the F30 first came out, it still took a while before I saw more than a couple here and there. Just takes time before the presence is there, even when they are selling… so many cars on the road in general. |
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02-11-2014, 11:18 AM | #29 |
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I do miss the visually differences which would separate the M-sport vs ///M look. Maybe it is just me but I can still easily spot an ///M version pretty easily when driving down the street but then again I know the differences.
I started thinking about this topic because it has been brought up more and more lately. In the past, BMW would release the base and sport versions of the vehicle(s) which were pretty plain. The ///M version would get released and it would be visually very easy to pick out with its M bumpers and side skirts(as well as fender/quarter flairs). Then 2 years after the ///M models hit the streets, the LCI models would come out with the update "M-sport" or "M-Technic" version of the sport line which would start to blend the looks of the two. Now BMW releases the M-sport package right away and not during the LCI. When the ///M model gets released, there are already hundreds of similar looking cars/trucks already out the ///M style just blends in. The other thing which I noticed is that the introduction of the Air blades on the fenders. Instead of the ///M cars having unique fender vents are now being spread across to non ///M versions. I know the vent vs air blade is different but it still adds items to the fender which used to be associated only on ///M cars.
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I said it at the beginning of this thread, let's do what BMW themselves suggested to the OP and wait and see. Even from the spy shots, I DO see a noticeably more aggressive and mean truck in the F15 X5 ///M. Until the camp is taken off, take a look at the 3/4 series M sports vs. ///M3/4. True the difference from M sport to ///M isn't as great as base to ///M, but the ///M is still easily recognizable by anyone that would notice the difference from base to ///M. Truth is, only enthusiasts know the difference to begin with. Same was true of the E9x ///M3's. I for one was against the M Sport / 'S-Line' type of offerings when they first started doing it. But at some point, you just give in and realize the car looks better with the M sport package than without, and some options you want are not available (ex. sport auto on the F15) without it. But I've never once mistaken an M sport for an ///M of any model. |
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