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Originally Posted by Tag
It really raises my suspicion that they purposefully made the G87 a porker so that it doesn't encroach too much on the base M3/4. Between giving it a steel roof and adding insult to injury a sunroof as standard they added roughly ~48lbs to the car in the second worst place of all, up top, where it hurts the cars center of gravity most. But they weren't done handicapping the car just yet. They then gave it cast wheels to add another ~36lbs in the worst place of all. Adding all that unsprung weight to hurt its handling even more. All in all a total of an additional ~84lbs that shouldn't be on an M car in the first place. F'n hell, it weighs almost as much as a G42 with xDrive.
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US press release weights:
G82 manual - 3830
G87 manual - 3814
Only 16lbs difference.
Now take into account the standard carbon roof on M4 and forged 18/19 wheels. Honestly think it could add up to over 100lbs on US spec cars, G87 vs G82. In theory, G87 is a low 3700lbs car with carbon roof and 824M 18/19 forged wheel/tire setup.