Saw a BMW test car in Munich today
04-02-2009, 03:47 AM
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I saw him coming out of the Fiz (BMW HQ) and he followed me. See all the test gear he has in the windshield:
Let him overtake me so I could get alongside at the next traffic lights:
This was the best pic I could get. The roundel is masked, as are the light clusters. I'm not sure what it was.
Let him overtake me so I could get alongside at the next traffic lights:
This was the best pic I could get. The roundel is masked, as are the light clusters. I'm not sure what it was.
04-02-2009, 04:09 AM
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Looks like the current E90 to me; size, shape, mirrors 
Maybe just being used to test new developments under the shell?
(They might also be testing the new Magnetic Tow Technology
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Maybe just being used to test new developments under the shell?
(They might also be testing the new Magnetic Tow Technology
)
04-02-2009, 04:14 AM
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Originally Posted by xBMWx' post='833884' date='Apr 2 2009, 02:09 PM
Looks like the current E90 to me; size, shape, mirrors
Maybe just being used to test new developments under the shell?
(They might also be testing the new Magnetic Tow Technology )
Maybe just being used to test new developments under the shell?
(They might also be testing the new Magnetic Tow Technology
)
04-02-2009, 04:53 AM
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It has the " M - SX ---- " number plate so its one of their R&D / non-production cars. Maybe all development cars get taped to avoid the press (or E60.NET members 
getting too accurate information on future options/developments?
OK, I'm really guessing here, but I have not read anything in the press about an updated E90 beyond the LCI.
ps. love that high-speed autobahn video in your signature -- I want my car to pull like that above 220... that remap is getting ever closer!
getting too accurate information on future options/developments? OK, I'm really guessing here, but I have not read anything in the press about an updated E90 beyond the LCI.
ps. love that high-speed autobahn video in your signature -- I want my car to pull like that above 220... that remap is getting ever closer!
04-02-2009, 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by xBMWx' post='833902' date='Apr 2 2009, 02:53 PM
ps. love that high-speed autobahn video in your signature -- I want my car to pull like that above 220... that remap is getting ever closer!
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It does look like a 3 series test mule, the new 3er should be out in a couple of years, so they DO have to test! 
04-02-2009, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='834056' date='Apr 2 2009, 11:16 AM
It does look like a 3 series test mule, the new 3er should be out in a couple of years, so they DO have to test!
04-02-2009, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='834061' date='Apr 2 2009, 07:20 PM
+1
It looks too small to be the new F10, but lots a better than the current E90.
