BlackrazorNZ 83 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) They say a picture says a thousand words. Edited July 19, 2019 by BlackrazorNZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackrazorNZ 83 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) And just to really rark up the legions of straight-6-RWD-lovers - apparently, there's "no way to tell' the difference between front and rear wheel drive performance cars these days. That's a direct quote... this guy is ex-Audi, they snuck in a saboteur! https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/07/16/bmw-exec-no-way-to-tell-between-fwd-and-rwd-1-series/ Edited July 19, 2019 by BlackrazorNZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1056 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, BlackrazorNZ said: And just to really rark up the legions of straight-6-RWD-lovers - apparently, there's "no way to tell' the difference between front and rear wheel drive performance cars these days. That's a direct quote... this guy is ex-Audi, they snuck in a saboteur! https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/07/16/bmw-exec-no-way-to-tell-between-fwd-and-rwd-1-series/ Put an Active Terror 225i through it's paces a while back and aside for the torque steer under hard acceleration, alot of the way it handled felt like a RWD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1660 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 3 hours ago, BlackrazorNZ said: And just to really rark up the legions of straight-6-RWD-lovers - apparently, there's "no way to tell' the difference between front and rear wheel drive performance cars these days. Reason ive never liked fwd cars is they are generally harder to work on than a the rwd equivalent. Modern rwd BMW's are bad enough with cramped engine bays and dubious design, so im sure they will be even worse in fwd (or 4wd if you are a sucker for punishment) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 Maybe I'm dumb; - is "Focus" in the thread title just a dig at the design? Or am I missing something? Is there to be no new 140? So the new 135 is meant to replace the 140 in the old lineup? The quote above does say "almost no way to tell" and I'd have to agree if the car is an auto, in a manual it's going to be rather easy to tell. I do really like the interior of the new one (those seats!), not so much the buck teeth styling. ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2151 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, M3AN said: Maybe I'm dumb; - is "Focus" in the thread title just a dig at the design? Or am I missing something? Is there to be no new 140? So the new 135 is meant to replace the 140 in the old lineup? The quote above does say "almost no way to tell" and I'd have to agree if the car is an auto, in a manual it's going to be rather easy to tell. I do really like the interior of the new one (those seats!), not so much the buck teeth styling. ? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Yeah, thought so... Edited July 20, 2019 by M3AN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites