No Audi R8 competitor coming from BMW

cherry · 08-26-2008

Click for a hi-res gallery of the BMW M1 Hommage

It's a sign of the times. After having rolled out the delectable M1 Hommage concept (pictured above), one BMW board member says that the Bavarian automaker has no intention of producing a supercar to compete with the likes of the Audi R8. Instead, BMW will focus on green technologies.

The news comes straight from Klaus Draeger, the board member at the helm of the EfficientDymanics initiative. While Audi continues to produce more powerful and more desirable versions of the R8, Mercedes prepares entirely new supercars and Porsche continues to do what Porsche has always done, the company that once hailed itself as the producers of the "Ultimate Driving Machine" is more concerned with hybrids than sportscars.

2Slow2Timid · 08-28-2008

Yeah, that really sucks. I'm getting sick of all the top dogs slimming down their cars and putting out weaker engines. Porsche shouldn't hop on that band wagon, it's sickening.

08-26-2008	#1 (permalink)
cherry Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: beijing Posts: 4	No Audi R8 competitor coming from BMW Click for a hi-res gallery of the BMW M1 Hommage It's a sign of the times. After having rolled out the delectable M1 Hommage concept (pictured above), one BMW board member says that the Bavarian automaker has no intention of producing a supercar to compete with the likes of the Audi R8. Instead, BMW will focus on green technologies. The news comes straight from Klaus Draeger, the board member at the helm of the EfficientDymanics initiative. While Audi continues to produce more powerful and more desirable versions of the R8, Mercedes prepares entirely new supercars and Porsche continues to do what Porsche has always done, the company that once hailed itself as the producers of the "Ultimate Driving Machine" is more concerned with hybrids than sportscars. Last edited by cherry; 08-26-2008 at 07:54 AM.

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08-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
2Slow2Timid Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lexington Posts: 38	Yeah, that really sucks. I'm getting sick of all the top dogs slimming down their cars and putting out weaker engines. Porsche shouldn't hop on that band wagon, it's sickening.