More than a decade ago, Sony video game studio, Polyphony DigitalCar manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Honda to design Racecar race concepts for their best sales, Gran Turismo. The project celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of video games, which has sold more than 90 million copies since its launch.
BMW later came to Coupe Gran Turismo (GT), which features an advanced dynamic design, a 3.0 -liter dual -charging engine, a lightweight building with weight distribution 50:50. Although the initial model was inspired primarily by the Bavarian Automant’s Bavarian cars in the 1970s, such as 3.0 CSL and 2002 Turbo, he also provided a glimpse of the features that will appear later in the current BMW range.
M2 – Seeing real life gt
For example, after two years of GT vision, the BMW F87 M2 launched, which took visible signals from the previous, including a compressed silhouette, wrapping the aggressive front, kidneys, and headlights. Moreover, the M2 had similar performance characteristics, with its lightweight and graceful structure and 3.0 -liter N55 turbo engine. In fact, the M2 dynamics also remind us of 3.0 CSL and 2002, as well as other iconic BMWS such as 1M Coupe and E46 M3.
It goes without saying, like Vision GT, the M2 was also preferred for lovers-it is the best-selling M and benefiting from many prestigious awards, including Evo Magazine General car, The engine direction Performance car for this year, and Auto Express Performance car for this year.
Besides, at $ 65,500, the M2 provides an excellent value for money, especially when compared to Porsche 718 Cayman, the least powerful ($ 72,800) or M3 (ranging from $ 76700 to $ 86,000) and M4 (80,100 dollars to $ 89,400).
See GT – Construction Wightweight
We know that modern safety and technological features have practically impossible on BMW and other original equipment manufacturers really produce lightweight cars. However, Vision GT shows, BMW still uses many innovative materials and technologies to keep things under control as possible.
An example of this: I8 and i3, at the same time that Vision GT appeared, is the construction of carbon fibers (a substance usually appeared in supercar cars of McLaren and Ferrari). Meanwhile, the Neue Klasse electric cars will use the ingredients that weigh 50 percent compared to CLAR vehicles. Not to mention that M2 CS, M4 CS, and M4 GTS models are used to save weight to improve performance, deal and balance.
S58 – one of the best BMW engines
The 3.0 -liter Vision GT engine has created 549 hp and 499 pounds of torque, and these specifications are similar to what we see in the M3/M4 supported by the S58. In fact, the six of the six 3.0 liters of M4 CS produces 543 hp and 479 pounds of torque, with the power exclusively sent to the rear wheels via an 8 -speed automatic gearbox. Its length is more than 0 to 60 miles per hour, and the maximum speed is 191 miles per hour.
It is worth noting that the M4 CS holds the record as the fastest BMW around the Nurburgring Racing, with a 7 -minute and 18 -second roll time. It is very expensive, although production is limited to only 1000 units.
However, as is the case, other M3/M4 models also use the same S58 engine, fill in separate versions of a lot of punch. For example, the standard M4 provides 473 hp and reaches 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 4.1 seconds, while the M4 competition Xdrive competition generates 523 hp and accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds.
In the end, the S58 is one of the best engines produced by BMW ever, and again, Vision GT provided an early clarification (based on the game) for that. All of this only goes on to show how BMW cooperated with Polyphony Digital was more than just a marketing project.