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BMW TODAY - Episode: THE M2 CS
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Enjoy. EDIT by Artemis: 01:54 - 02:28: BMW Today: "One thing I have ask you because it's been mentioned so many times in the forums. You brought out the M2. Then you upgraded to the Competition. Now we can see a CS. Will there be also a CSL or what is the overall strategy ?" |
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Drives better than it looks.... You can tell he loves this car by the smile on his face when talking about it.
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BMW Today: "One thing I have ask you because it's been mentioned so many times in the forums. You brought out the M2. Then you upgraded to the Competition. Now we can see a CS. Will there be also a CSL or what is the overall strategy ?"There is already the F87 M2 CS Racing (not street legal). With the F87 M2 EOP (end of production) scheduled for June 2021, it's getting pretty late to start elaborating an F87 M2 CSL project. If an F87 M2 CSL doesn't exist yet or is not yet in the works right now, then it won't come. Except if they lazily make Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 tires and M-CCB standard + throw in bucket seats, a roll cage, a fire extinguisher and add a CSL badge on the boot of the "very lightweight" M2 CS. Anyways, those with an M2 CS on order might think "Say what ?!" when hearing this.
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What's the story with this sandwich design roof?
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4 kg weight saving because of CFRP roof - sandwich-structured composite (BMW: "you can stand on the new roof - you cannot stand on the previous one"). Fringe benefit: you can play chess or chequers on it.
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The roof might be the least understood but most advanced addition to this model.
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PS: Juxtapose these statements to Flasch's 'peer' from Porsche - Andreas Preuninger, who came on record stating 'We're not a hedge fund', in reference to Porsche planing to curtail speculators and flippers.
That's why you saw the GT3 Touring emerge, which very quickly cooled off the 911 R market (to the point that the R is just a shade above MSRP these days, vs a multiple of such not that long ago) https://www.autoblog.com/2017/05/30/...speculators-a/ |
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I thought I was going mad for a minute as the wheels kept changing colour and that ugly reflector kept coming and going along with what seemed like a subtle change in ride height (maybe an illusion).
Jeez those red callipers look good with the gloss black wheels. Not normally a fan of dark wheels but the gloss makes them really stand out instead of giving the lost hubcaps look. |
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It looks absolutely horrible. I don't care if you can stand on it or not.
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That's how I tell vehicles apart from each region. I was watching a rap video recently with a 3 million dollar Bugatti in it and even that was marred with side markers... : The ROW are given clean bumpers without reflectors and illuminated side markers. |
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Clearly a cost cutting move on BMW's part.
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Edit:. When watching the BMW carbon fiber roof production process there is a scene where they throw away the leftover fabric. The large weave pattern can clearly identified. My guess is that this weave is used in the other roofs, but not as much of it. Found some more info. Spread tow carbon fiber is a very specific design of fabric, and the rarest seen of all we will discuss. Spread tow means that the filaments of carbon ranging from 3,000 to 12,000 per tow are laid out next to each other for the thinnest ribbon of carbon. Conventional tows are bunched up with many layers of carbon filaments. Spread tow fabrics are identified by large open patterns. The checkerboard pattern of a bidirectional carbon fiber, with spread tow construction, may have squares measuring one inch across. Because the large tow size forces a looser pattern, the over-under weave points are spread apart. By spreading apart the tow crossover, the frequency of direction change is greatly reduced, and the fabric can lay much more flat over a surface. As described by Easy Composites, a UK based supplier of materials and resins, “Spread tow fabrics are gaining popularity in advanced composites applications because of their incredibly flat profile which almost eliminates ‘print through’ or texturing of precise surfaces (like aircraft wings).” Because the resulting plies of fabric are so much thinner, more layers must be employed to achieve the same strength. Often used in applications where aerodynamics are a priority over strength, spread tow carbon fiber has a distinct aesthetic that people either love, or hate. https://www.turnology.com/tech-stori...in-composites/ https://www.compositesworld.com/arti...-of-spread-tow Cost seems highly dependent upon fabric weight. For equal weight fabric the spread toe is less expensive. https://store.acpsales.com/categorie...-carbon-fiber- . Last edited by medphysdave; 04-19-2020 at 12:25 PM.. |
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