A R&T article on BMW's heritage and no pic of a 2002 or E9 coupe....maybe we aren't R&T's audience anymore???
I can't take someone still using Win 7 serious....
I think you nailed it. BMW seems to have lost its way. I would love to have an old 2002. I don't like screens in the newer cars. I want switches and knobs, no menus..A R&T article on BMW's heritage and no pic of a 2002 or E9 coupe....maybe we aren't R&T's audience anymore???
Also, I have noticed that frequently screens are bigger and brighter in airplanes too. Screens are making it harder to see out at night in both cars and airplanes. I remember older BMW's having that nice red illumination and instrument lighting, just like older steam gauge airplanes.A R&T article on BMW's heritage and no pic of a 2002 or E9 coupe....maybe we aren't R&T's audience anymore???
Yes. True driving enthusiasts are mow a small part of the market and with the costs of bringing a car to market, excessive regulations and economies of scale, it is not worth offering vehicles for the niche markets, at least for the big players, and the smaller players are effectively blocked from our and some other markets by various regulatory and other barriers.The real problem is most people dont want to drive anymore. Short attention spans, video games and texting and multitasking are the thing. 80% of the time when someone I know gets a new car they dont take you for a ride to show it off they want you to sit in it while they show you all the cool stuff it can do. Times are changing fast and all us Old Souls are being
Trouble is a good 'soulful' oldie oftentimes costs more than that appliance!!The people who want cars with some soul in them can’t really afford new ones, and the people buying or leasing new vehicles generally want a soul sucking appliance of a vehicle.
I think you nailed it. BMW seems to have lost its way. I would love to have an old 2002. I don't like screens in the newer cars. I want switches and knobs, no menus..
Soooo...how badly do you want that 2002?Also, I have noticed that frequently screens are bigger and brighter in airplanes too. Screens are making it harder to see out at night in both cars and airplanes. I remember older BMW's having that nice red illumination and instrument lighting, just like older steam gauge airplanes.
Or, maybe the younger pilots of planes and drivers of cars just don't look out as much while driving/flying at night? Or, brighter headlights are needed to overcome the interior light pollution.
There is nothing like flying at night with the instrument lights turned down slowly as your eyes adjust to darkness. Eventually, one can read the old radium marked instruments at night.. Lots of old Bonanzas and Barons had nice gauges and lighting for night work.
FWIW, the i4 M50 is a lot of fun to drive for an EV, in my experience.Just watched a Mercedes commercial this morning that confidently states 100% of their vehicles will be electric by 2030. Please don't get me wrong, as I remain a strong believer in both safety and protecting the environment. Just NOT at the expense of the joy of driving.
EPS was done for fuel efficiency which is the same reason why Porsche and Mercedes also have EPS. Mercedes system at the time was worse.Road and Track
I remember when BMW introduced the F-XX series of vehicles, magazines questioned whether these vehicles deserved to wear the roundel; I believe in 2015 the 5 series lost their crown to the Lexus GS in comparos (although truth be told, BMW won the sales game/crown). Some of the owners/reviewers felt BMW stopped building great analogue cars and began designing digital video games labelled as cars with their EPS units taking away steering feel, and go fast and/or handle a corner parts became part of packages or options.
Has BMW decontented vehicles from coming standard with the "sheer driving pleasure" ethos, or is this just a misguided click generating story?