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Old 06-16-2009, 04:57 PM
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from Idries Noah) I grew impatient waiting for BMW to bring out an R8 rival, so I decided to design my own version of it. The recipe was simple. It needed to look Aggressive, Sleek, Agile and totally different from anything on the road today.
Usually I’d study legendary cars and draw inspiration from that. When designing the Ferrari F250 Concept e.g. I drew inspiration from cars like the Dino and 250GTO. This time however I needed to clear my head and come up with something totally unique while still keeping some BMW details.

So elements like the trademark grille and hockey stick pillar remain. My inspiration for this design however came from nature. More specifically water and the way it flows and ripples. The side detailing was inspired by what’s called in surfing terms “ a Barrel or Tube”. It’s where the wave is hollow when it breaks.

Dimension wise the car is roughly the same as the R8 and would be powered by a tweaked version of the 5L V10 found in the M6. It should be good for 400kw plus. If this car had to go into production in today’s day and age it would probably lose most of its aggressiveness and bold design features And that’s sad because imagine pulling up next to an R8 in this….
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Feel like most people won't like this but I think it is sick.
 
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I'll take an '02 745iL instead.
 
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The front kinda reminds me of the some of BMW's old Italian-styled concept cars but this one was a swing and a miss in my book.
 
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The million dollar question is, will the brake caliper still be open sliding single piston instead of Brembo style one piece 6 piston calipers found on every other brand fast cars.
 
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Originally Posted by Craigger
I'll take an '02 745iL instead.
Huh?
 
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Thats just about the only BMW that has grabbed my attention since the release of this concept. Nice car. Great work! And like your much better!

 
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Originally Posted by tractorcrusher
Huh?
In other words, one of the biggest piece of crap, headache cars BMW has ever built. At least, I think that's what he's saying.
 
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Originally Posted by M5Kid
In other words, one of the biggest piece of crap, headache cars BMW has ever built. At least, I think that's what he's saying.
Correct.
 


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