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tetsuo111 · 06-17-2017, 03:39 PM

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So your telling me that BMW ranks as the second most valuable car brand with $24.6 Billion dollars in value and they can't spend the money to give the next F90 M5 an all new engine design?

There was a time when M stood for "motorsport" and the engines were special. Heck, the entire cars were special!

Today M is a trim package.

Funny, never thought I would see the day when BMW emulates Detroit from the 70s and 80s, while Detroit builds the cars BMW built back when it was boss.

The problem with Detroit is that the cars lack style and performance. They mass produce "Boring". The trucks are nice as are some of the SUVs but the cars suck. Dodge tries to build muscle cars but who really wants a $60 or $70K Mopar product? Chrysler quality is horrible and the company excels at blaming suppliers for its woes.

Boring. Really?

Corvettes go toe to toe with most anything coming from Germany or Italy.

Then there's the Ford GT (trounced Ferrari. Again). Ford GT350 with the beautiful flat crank V8.

The Camaro crushes everything from Germany, short of a 918. Yes, that includes 911s.

You can argue styling, but that's personal and subjective. While BMW is fully vested in turbos, Detroit builds screaming, high-revving naturally aspirated motors that make more power, sound better, and don't require a synthetic digital sound track played over the radio to mask the crappy noise.

You may not like American cars. Heck, I never used to. But the most exciting cars on the planet today are made in Detroit.