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Auto Talk => The Fast Lane => Topic started by: r0tor on April 26, 2018, 05:38:38 AM

Title: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: r0tor on April 26, 2018, 05:38:38 AM
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2019-bmw-8-series-coupe-prototype-drive-review

QuoteHappily, the M850i's electrically assisted steering delivers actual road feel, informing the driver's hands of the front tires' grip and sidewall deflections. As befits a luxury sports coupe, the conversation is in an inside voice rather than a shout. Turn-in is quick and satisfying, with a positive feel backed up by stupefying front-end grip.

Better still, Sport and Sport+ don't needlessly raise the steering effort so high that your shoulders are needed to turn the front wheels. Those settings slightly increase the otherwise lightly weighted steering's heft and quicken its responses to inputs. The rear-wheel steering variably nudges the rear wheels up to 2.4 degrees in phase with the fronts for improved high-speed stability or out of phase the same amount to whip the tail around in tighter, slower maneuvers. The system never felt unnatural or unpredictable, and we detected its invisible hand only once, under hard trail-braking into a bumpy turn, when it helped to stabilize the car's bouncing tail.

Hopefully this survives to production and signals a trend across all the ranges
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: MexicoCityM3 on April 26, 2018, 05:42:54 AM
One more in a string of positive reviews that include the X1/2/3, the M5 and now this.
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: 12,000 RPM on April 26, 2018, 06:52:24 AM
Anyone can make a $150K anything amazing to drive. We will see if BMW has returned to form with the 3/5 in working man's trims. Haven't heard anything about the regular 5s which are already out. The 2 is good though.
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: shp4man on April 26, 2018, 07:38:51 AM
Buy a Mustang and tape $100K to the hood.... ;)
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: Onslaught on April 26, 2018, 02:09:23 PM
Quote from: shp4man on April 26, 2018, 07:38:51 AM
Buy a Mustang and tape $100K to the hood.... ;)

Why ruin $100K?
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: Xer0 on May 01, 2018, 03:23:46 PM
This car is going to be very very pretty when its finally out.
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: Gotta-Qik-C7 on May 01, 2018, 06:19:31 PM
Quote from: Onslaught on April 26, 2018, 02:09:23 PM
Why ruin $100K?
:clap:
Title: Re: Signs of hope at BMW
Post by: 68_427 on May 11, 2018, 06:18:41 PM
Quote from: Xer0 on May 01, 2018, 03:23:46 PM
This car is going to be very very pretty when its finally out.

Weren't pictures already leaked?


https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/24/590x/BMW-8-Series-leaked-902896.jpg