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Title: R8 or M1
Post by: R32UK on 30 April 2008, 20:26

If like me your not a big fan of the Audi R8 then you may want to take a little look at the BMW answer :wink:

Put me down for 2 thanks! :grin: :grin:

http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=8195375

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: 182_blue on 30 April 2008, 20:31

i saw the M1 the other day, i think it looks very odd, it has nice parts but as a package its  :undecided:

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: bobotheclown on 30 April 2008, 20:56

yeah the m1 needs some "development". I do like the BMW kidneys on the front and the headlights remind me of the Alfa Brera which is a good thing. It's the rear third that looks clumsy. I know it's meant to mimic the shape of the original shape but it just doesn't look right and the original design is 30 years old.

The R8 on the other hand is the only Audi I like to the look of. Give me an R8 any day.

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: NewGolf on 30 April 2008, 21:03

Sorry if this offends, but what a flipping ugly pile of cr*p.

Did they get schoolchildren to design it with old crayola crayons, only having the awful colour crayons left over that the other children didnt want to use?

How on earth can a German car manufacturer design that? Did they all get drunk or take hallucionagenic chemicals to excess ??

Lost for words.

Did I mention its FUGLY!

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: bobotheclown on 30 April 2008, 21:04

I was trying to be polite about it but yes it does look  :sick:

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: 182_blue on 30 April 2008, 21:10

haha, dont hold it in mate  :grin:

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: maxamus on 30 April 2008, 22:35

 :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: Llewellyn on 30 April 2008, 22:49

R8 is utter tosh, i cant stand them. i have to change the channel when the ad comes on. YUK!!!

That M1 if it ever goes into production, wont be as radical as those pictures, and therefore it should look pretty good i think.

J

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: Cass on 01 May 2008, 00:49

R8 is quality. M1 looks as much of a dog as it's 70's namesake. Will never make it into successful production. I'll take a 911 any day :smug:

Cass

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: NewGolf on 01 May 2008, 07:34

Quote from: 182_blue on 30 April 2008, 21:10

haha, dont hold it in mate  :grin:

WORD!

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: gary555 on 01 May 2008, 08:16

i actually like the R8 except for the LED lights, and by all accounts for its price it blows its competitors out of the water,

don't like BMW cars at the moment especially the interiors , to angular. each to our own i suppose

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: The Wheel Man on 01 May 2008, 12:17

Reminds me of that early 90's (or was it late 80's??? answers on a post card to...) Victor car from the states.  Designed with just a ruler  :grin:  Production will probably look more like a squashed M6....

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: NewGolf on 01 May 2008, 15:40

If anyone buys one of those I will personally send the fashion police around to their house and have them arrested!

Words cannot express what I feel about that pile of poo

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: Horney on 01 May 2008, 15:44

Am I alone in really liking it? Not that it matters as by the time it drops into my car buying budget I'll be pushing up daisies.

Nick

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: Len on 01 May 2008, 15:56

I love that Beemer! from every angle it just looks the business!

As for thr R8 well they couldnt make it better than a Lambo now could they! So for me it fails badly!

Title: Re: R8 or M1
Post by: R32UK on 01 May 2008, 16:34

Few!!! A bit if support at last!! :huh:

If that thing slides into your rear view it would make you wanna pull over an crack one off! It looks mean :angry:

Its defo different... but atleast they dont just copy traits from other cars, cant knock them for that.