Here come the front wheel drive BMWs

[lga714]

Confirmed: BMW i3 to be RWD, mid-"engine"

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/01/c...wd-mid-engine/

[87e30]

Oh, I forgot BMW was supposed to just quite engineering after they designed the e30...


C'mon guys we haven't even seen the cars yet. Everyone chill.

[A Sucked Orange]

Also.....IIRC, the new M3 will be a turbo....Vee-six. Ugh....

wtf

[brainspo0n]

Except the Isetta was rwd. Front door would be funny though.

the hood could open sideways as a nod to the original

[tjts1]

The new ad slogan should catch on quickly.

[M42Power]

We already have the 116i for a cheap bmw, it is at 20k or something.

[evoDRichie]

kill myself

[gearheadE30]

That really looks like it came out of the early '90s... I don't mind the new engine plan. I do, however, want rear wheel drive to remain in at least one small, performance-oriented BMW. I understand that they might want a higher-production, more mainstream (if that's really possible) vehicle, where fwd might appeal to non-enthusiasts.

That said, I thought BMW's were supposed to be about the human interaction with a machine. "Ultimate driving machine" or even their "joy" slogan tried to stay true to this. Putting exclusively robots in a commercial? Guess the soul doesn't matter quite so much anymore.

[tjts1]

a modern take on the Isetta would be the only acceptable FWD BMW

I could be wrong though

Except the Isetta was rwd. Front door would be funny though.

[evil_twin]

turbo geometro?!

[brainspo0n]

a modern take on the Isetta would be the only acceptable FWD BMW

I could be wrong though

[Massimo]

Actually.....aren't the 1 series going full FWD? IIRC they are.


It's a slippey slope....and I'm afraid we're just on the leading edge here. A lot further to go, unfortunately.

Also.....IIRC, the new M3 will be a turbo....Vee-six. Ugh....

Really although a V6 is difficult engine it would be a sweet swap into an E30 I wonder if it will be short enough to get it behind the front wheels?

[mrsleeve]

Guys like I said earlier, us enthusiasts and car guys make up a small fraction of the BMW buying public. Most people that buy them are Yuppie Douche-bags that are more conserned with the status of the badge than anything, that are becoming more and more concerned with saving the planet and going green (you know the prius/smart car buying for a look at me I am saving the world status symbol).. This is why BMW is going this path to save the world. Really how big of an elitist cock do you have to be to have to have the latest BMW badged envirodouche mobile.

These little shit boxes are going to be like crack to well to do urban and suburbanites that have bought into the whole we are destroying the planet myth. and BMW will sell MILLIONS of these little shit boxes, because of the badge on a GREEN SMUG MOBILE no more no less.

For this I cant fault BMW one bit, they are a for profit company and they are doing what is best for the company and abandoning the BMW enthusiast community, is not going to cost them that much anyway. Really how many of you guys here are even thinking about going out in the next month and buying a NEW ONE. BMW does not care about us that have 25 year old shit boxes, like they care about pandering to mr&mrs Jones that live 30 miles from work, earn a combined 125+k a year and want to have one car and save the earth while commuting, that is the market they want.

This is why there will prolly not be a turbo 6 or even a 6 in the next 1-series (they burn too much gas, in perception to the 4 bangers in the minds of that demographic) you know the ones buying the small entry level economy BMW.

I hate this fact as much as the rest of you, but its the sad reality of the green world we live in today, and its going to get much much worse.

[slammin.e28]

BMW still make RWD cars that are awesome e.g 135i, M3 (questionable), M5. It is like BMW has stopped making all RWD cars, the way you guys are going on.

Actually.....aren't the 1 series going full FWD? IIRC they are.


It's a slippey slope....and I'm afraid we're just on the leading edge here. A lot further to go, unfortunately.

Also.....IIRC, the new M3 will be a turbo....Vee-six. Ugh....

[Massimo]

Everyone needs to chillout. Just because BMW wants to make money from idiot FWD tree huggers dose not affect us in anyway.

BMW still make RWD cars that are awesome e.g 135i, M3 (questionable), M5. It is like BMW has stopped making all RWD cars, the way you guys are going on.