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      03-09-2020, 03:58 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by SleepingBMW View Post
If this new M2 doesn't have impressive weight loss vs a 2 series I'm just gonna roll my eyes. BMW cashing in on the M name at that point.

Remember when the original M8 was downgraded to the 850csi because it was too heavy? They thought it would damage the brand and that car is a legend AND had more 'Me to it than the M2 of last gen and this upcoming gen appears to have.
I remember BMW actually built an M8 prototype with a 550hp V12 as a Ferrari fighter, that was definitely NOT the 850CSi:

https://www.bmwblog.com/2017/05/22/o...arkable-thing/

Unfortunately the bean counters deemed it too expensive and didn't think it would make a profit so they never produced it.
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