5 Reasons BMW is Overrated
Before I start, let me say that I really like BMW, and coming up with points for this list was hard. However, no car maker is without it’s faults, and BMW is worshiped here on Car Throttle like cattle are in India. Here are some reason BMW isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be.
ONE BMW doesn’t make performance cars with AWD systems.
AWD has many advantages including added stability under power, fast corner exits, more ability to put the power down in slippery conditions and faster launches. BMW hasn’t caught onto that concept, but Mercedes has, and Audi has almost perfected it. While I applaud BMW for sticking with RWD, you can only imagine what they could do if they made AWD M models.
TWO BMW is the car equivalent of Metallica.
Why do I say this? Both things were good in the 90’s, decent in the 2000’s, and right about now, things are falling apart. The most loved things of both were made years ago. The BMW M3 got heavier and lost driver involvement over the years it was produced. The M3 got progressively heavier from the E30, up to the E92, to where the E92 convertible weighed almost 4,000 pounds. The E92 is basically a grand tourer, and the M3 is supposed to be a sports car. Then BMW changed the name all together and called their new sports coupe the M4. Granted, the F80 weighs less than the E92, but the F80 isn’t as involving to drive as previous M3’s, it has a smaller engine and turbochargers. As Alex Kersten put it in the five generation M3 review. “With modern cars I’ve said this time and time again, they drive themselves. You can be a bit of a buffoon and drive this (F80 M3) fairly quickly.” There’s more to a driver’s car than being fast you know.
THREE Many Car Throttle employees own them.
You would expect that a social media network for cars would have a parking lot full of different cars, but instead, all we get is a lot of BMW’s, maybe a Miata, a wrapped Suzuki econobox, and a Nissan drift mobile that lives in Japan. Sometimes, it feels as if Car Throttle is shoving it’s love for BMW down our throats, no matter what we do or say. I’m scared Car Throttle is going to form a BMW Mafia and do drive by shootings at petrolheads with AMG cars or S/RS models “because we need to eliminate the competition. The ruthless Adnan Ebrahim with his right hand men Alex Kersten and Gabor Szedlak looking for trouble on the streets of London.
FOUR BMW drivers.
A majority of BMW drivers are rich frat boys and posers that don’t know a thing about cars, some of them are chavs who vape like crazy, and some drive like idiots. Those BMW drivers don’t just forget to use their blinkers, but brake check people, cut people off and act like everything is your fault. I know there are good BMW drivers out in the wild, but it seems like the majority of them are menaces to society.
FIVE BMW made the 2 series Active Tourer.
BMW is famous for making great luxury cars and sports cars, and people like it that way. THEN, BMW pulled the 2 Series Active Tourer out of their hindquarters and placed it there on the table for all of us to look at it in horror. Why on Earth would BMW make a FWD mom mobile? The 2 Series Active Tourer stands for everything BMW is not, a cheap boring car that soccer moms drive by the droves. Come on BMW, stick to what you’re good at, building good luxury and sports cars.
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Little bit of an overgeneralization for BMW drivers no? But not all the staff has BMWS! What about my 300zx/ AMC? :)
You don’t go to the offices, and yes I over generalized.
ummm BMW is NOT OVERRATED ….they also make AWD performance cars….this ‘article’ is just troll-worthy…..smdh
edit: oh and there’s no such thing as an “e92 convertible” that would be an e93.
i really hope this was just a TROLL article. because you seem like a bafoon stating your opionions that are NOT FACTS
Well, I’m confident it isn’t a troll. And admittedly, it isn’t as overrated as the GT-R. Actually, nothing is as overrated as the GT-R.
Didn’t you read the whole article? I said I like BMW’s, no need to get butt hurt.
Since they made 1 series, BMW know they can made more money by different car to fit people needs.
1 series, 2, 3(M3) ,4 (M4), 5 and 7, and X series….
e90 335 xi Dinan stage 2 need I say more
and the 135 both of witch are great cars for the young enthusiast.
Cattle aren’t worshipped in India. It’s a myth.
Don’t get banned…
just dont make car brands stupid. your on carthrottle. the carguy site/app. so if you make fun of a brand by making it look bad you just ask for people to hate you. DONT DO IT
and that you like the brand does not make it any better. every car has his down side but we just dont show it like if it is the worst thing ever. this is just the kind of commens you wil get. SO…. deal with it :P
1) xDrive. And besides if you ever had a sports car, you would understand why BMW is RWD.
2) I can’t even pick out something to say. That whole paragraph is ignorant.
3) You’re saying a brand is overrated because a literal handful of people drive them? Are you stup!d?
4) Again, stereotypes are stupid and you should kill yourself.
5) Nobody cares. Toyota made a supra, and a minivan. Audi made the R8 and a FWD “sports car”, the TT.
Jesus, stop making articles. You have no idea what you’re talking about.
This is the internet, I have free speech
I own a BMW and i agree with almost all of these points, plus i have to add by far the biggest negative of owning a BMW, which is the really really stiff ride. I mean it’s great on a mountain road and the M3 probably needs that kind of suspension, but for every day driving most bimmers just ride way too stiff for me (and i am not even talking about M models).
Plus another drawback is that to normal people if a BMW isn’t M then it isn’t good, which is absolute crap-talk, i’d never trade my 335i for an M3 even though they are within my reach because i want to drive the car as much as i can, and i am pretty sure the m3 is less drivable than the normal 3 series and no i don’t care on bit about performance on a race track or if it is 0.5 sec faster to 60.
Anyway BMW is love, BMW is life!! (but i’d have tothink hard before i’d buy another one)
Yes. that’s your point. I won’t talk about the other points, but at 5 you’re completely wrong. There are people that are looking for a premium minivan, and BMW needs to be active on most of the markets, to increase sales. In my opinion, the Active Tourer is a very good idea for them. Have a nice day :)