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Grant said:
I think $10k optional brakes is a tough choice for many buyers period. What would be wrong with offering some nice Steel Brembos?



Fair point. Seems that BMW's engineers have clearly shown they've never been able to engineer competent brakes....perhaps buying steel brakes from Brembo/elsewhere is too much of a public admission of this incompetence?

Also seems silly to fixate on top speed if BMW's building an alleged GT car w/a 3-series-sized ?18gall-ish fuel tank and about 8MPG (esp at 80MPH+)...overly frequent fuel stops easily defeat value of high-speed cruising capabilities....so I guess fuel tank cap/range calcs are also outside BMW engineering competence...sounds like marketers outnumber competent engineers at BMW...