Over the past few days, this little corner of the web has been ablaze with debates about the Tesla Cybertruck. But don’t worry, BMW is here to bring everyone back together!
Earlier today, Thomas wrote about the 2025 BMW M5. Now, cars generally get better and faster with each generation, but BMW appears to have missed that memo. The new M5 is not just slower than the outgoing car, but heavier than the X5 M Competition. That’s a mid-size SUV! BMW owners are upset and our readers are having too much fun:
The Schrat notes that BMW is seemingly anti-Lotus:
Complicate and lose lightness.
Username Loading… points out a silver lining:
It may be heavy but at least it’s also ugly.
Ben and DialMforMiata finish it off:
I’m glad that after all the division over the Cybertruck, BMW was here to bring us all together in abject hatred of this thing. ????
DialMforMiata:
It can still build bridges, even if it’s too heavy to drive over them.
Thomas also wrote about the Rimac Verne robotaxi, which looks stunning and seems realistic enough. But Citrus points out an annoying problem with so many future visions:
Potentially controversial opinion: If a ground-up taxi isn’t designed to allow for wheelchair accessibility it is worthless.
I can accept it when building it as a taxi is secondary – it’s a difficult design requirement – but if you’re designing a vehicle from the ground up, specifically for people who can’t drive themselves somewhere and you don’t include a provision for wheelchair users, what are you even doing?
Finally, let’s stop at Cold Start. Jason told the story of Lost Cause Motors, the work of Charles R. Farnsely. EmotionalSupportBMW got curious and found out that Farnsely didn’t appear to be a bad guy:
When I read this, I was like this Charles R. Farnsely (His name is spelt wrong in the article), is going to be hella racist. Turns out, he actually was pretty dope. One, dude was at the helm and seemed to push for desegregating Louisville. Also in is one term in Congress (65-67) he was big Great Society guy. He also use to stroll around in a straw hat and the tie of a Kentucky Coronal. He had a recurring weekly event called a “Beef Session”, were anyone could drop into his office and give him a piece of their mind. He was also an opponent of Urban Renewal and suburbanization, and prompted mixed race, mixed use development in the late forties.
Which makes it even stranger, why the hell did he call “Lost Cause”?
Have a great evening, everyone!
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