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      09-12-2019, 11:30 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by super51fan View Post
The Supra and Z4 are built on the CLAR platform and aren't necessarily heavy with many journalists claiming that the Supra is the best BMW right now. Whatever platform this car is car is built on, it will be a performer if the chassis is designed from the bottom up to do so like the Supra and Z4. You can only modify a commuter car chassis so much which is what holds back a lot of performance oriented models
That's a fair point, but those are small vehicles - similar in size to a 2 Series. I am skeptical that this standalone M product will be a similarly compact class of vehicle. So you start with a larger, heavier unibody to begin with and then you also add the additional weight of a hybrid or pure electric drive system that a Z4 does not have. It really begins to add up.

You can build compelling performance vehicles on CLAR, I agree. But for a flagship product that is presumably meant to push the envelope (with a price tag reflecting that), starting with a purpose built body cell is the approach that typically results in the products that enthusiasts get the most excited about.
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