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25 Nov 2004, 08:03 (Ref:1163506) | #1 | ||
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Bmw M6 Gt!!!
Autosport today ran a story about BMW looking at entering the M6 in GT1. But it also said the car won't appear until at least 2007...
Wouldn't the car be outdated by then? Anyway an M6 GT racer would be amazing to see. |
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25 Nov 2004, 11:46 (Ref:1163710) | #2 | |
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If I'm correct the BMW M6 doesn't excist on the road at the moment. Introduction of this model is somewhere in 2005.......so 2006 is a test & develop year, ........2007 racing
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Definitely!
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25 Nov 2004, 14:49 (Ref:1163932) | #4 | ||
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Very good news! A white M6 and an Art Car competing in Le Mans 2007.. Nicccceee
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There is no M6 road car although expect it to hit the road in 2006. A 7 series revision is expected before then and possibly also 3 series.
The 645 itself is still a new car so I suspect BMW are seeing the long term sales figures first before commiting. Remember this 6 was not just a replacement for an old six as there was severla years gap between the old model finishing and the new one starting. The sales figures are good so far so I suspect the M6 will become a reality as soon as the engine is ready, the M3 CSI has already tested alot of the lighter weight materials so that should aid production speeds. |
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25 Nov 2004, 17:27 (Ref:1164108) | #6 | |
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exactly what i thought would happen... hopefully this goes through as a M6 would look great mixing it up with the DBR-9, C6-R, and MC-12
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25 Nov 2004, 18:34 (Ref:1164181) | #7 | ||
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thats a scarsdale surprise!! that would be a dream come true... BMW needs to come back
and by far my favorite manufacturer... realistically speaking |
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25 Nov 2004, 20:36 (Ref:1164273) | #8 | |
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Why exactly would BMW want to compete against Maserati, Aston Martin and GM (Corvette)?
Surely their rivals are Audi (LMP1) and Porshe (GT and(?) LMP1). |
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26 Nov 2004, 01:42 (Ref:1164502) | #9 | ||
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Sorry, I thought the M6 existed already. Silly me.
I think BMW wants to go back to GT racing because of America. BMW needs to do GT racing to impress the Americans. The report in Autosport stated that BMW will likely send Schnitzer back to the ALMS to race the M6. Anyhow a BMW 6 in racing is fantastic. The ETCC 635CSi was what got me hooked to motorsport. |
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BMW already races in GT in a few American series.
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'If' BMW came back I would think it would either be with the M3/M4 in GT or in LMP1.
GT1 does not make sense for them. |
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For those with Autosport, did you guys see the artist impression of the proposed M6 GTR, in the Nurburgring24H W/B/R livery?
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Beautiful car. I do hope it races somewhere or other.
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I may have missed this elsewhere, but is there a chance that BMW will bring back the V8 M3 GTR in 2006? Autoweek mentioned that BMW is releasing a V8 version of the M3 in 2006, which will get rid of the homoligation woes that killed it in 2002. The car ran strong in the 2001 ALMS season.
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Was noone else slighlty concerned about the article in Autosport about this?
I'd love to see BMW back in Sportscar racing, but all this talk about having a series which slows cars like the Maserati down and 'speeds' up (presumably with looser regulations) sounds all too artificial for sportscar racing. The Maserati issue I can just about cope with because of the cost issues, but to get the 6 series onto a par with the Maser and DBR9 - isn't that pushing it a bit? Surely an M6 racer should be in a different class. I want to see lots of manufacturers in GT and Prototype racing, but not if enticing them all means that the results are decided by the rule makers instead of the cars and drivers. Or am I over-reacting!? :confused: |
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I have the same concerns. In FIA GT the Maserati can be artificially pegged back by ballast/restrictor changes, but when the same cars race in ACO competitions, such as Le Mans/LMES/ALMS, these artificial restriction will not be in force.
If the Maserati is completly dominant because it is the best car, the ACO will do nothing to close up the competition. Afterall they didn't take any action against the R8, Viper, or C5-R when they dominated. Last edited by JAG; 2 Dec 2004 at 18:17. |
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2 Dec 2004, 18:38 (Ref:1170102) | #21 | ||
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true jag but do remember the FIA GT regulations and the ACO regulations will become the same in 2005 or is it 2006? so i don't think we need to worry as much. as far as the M6 in GT1 why can't it be there, it has a 5 liter V10. and if they need more power they can always enlarge it. remember the prodrive 550's had 5.5 liter V12 in road form then were stretched to 6 liters and the C5-R's Ls1 engine started out as a 5.7 liter then stretched to 6 liters in 1999 then they stretched it more to 7 liters in 2000. i think the M6 will make a great addition to the GT1 field if BMW decides to race it. and a lot of BMW's sales are in north america so it makes sense for them to race in one of teh premiere road race series in teh states. grand am doesn't have the same amount of coverage as the ALMS. and they don't race in the speed GT anymore they only did that in 2003.
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