Bmw dtm 2012

[tribolik]

BMW new DTM car caught on track testing

 

[Hun200kmh]

Is that a Touring car ???? wow ... I want that livery in GT6

 

[Azure Flare]

This should be merged with the other thread about this.

I do find the placement of the exhaust interesting. And of course the swan neck wing supports are all the rage these days. And unlike Audi and Mercedes-Benz, they are running a 2-door rather than the 4-door

 

[TheCracker]

Is that a Touring car ???? wow ... I want that livery in GT6

I think it's about time the DTM dropped the 'Touring Car' tag. They're getting less and less like road cars at each new generation. Perhaps they should revert back to the DRM name they used in the 70's and early 80's, which were either coupes or traditional sports cars, not unlike the Japanese SuperGT's are now. There's talk of the two series utilising the same rules in the future, so that would be an ideal time for a re-brand. Merc, Audi and BMW all have coupe versions of their smaller saloons, it wouldn't be a big change for them to base them on these instead of the saloons they do now and leave the 'Touring Car' name for something more fitting?

 

[MatskiMonk]

This should be merged with the other thread about this.

I do find the placement of the exhaust interesting. And of course the swan neck wing supports are all the rage these days. And unlike Audi and Mercedes-Benz, they are running a 2-door rather than the 4-door

Regs are changing I believe... Four door was mandated (hence the TT and CLK disappeared from DTM), but I think for 2012 two door cars are now allowed.

 

[Ardius]

Is that a Touring car ???? wow ... I want that livery in GT6

As Cracker said, DTM isn't "touring cars" anymore and hasn't been for sometime.
Personally I refer to it as a Sportscars/GT series and the current link-ups with SuperGT and Grand-Am only further define it that way for me.

Its kind of lame really because if DTM was more "Touring Cars" and actually had more similar regulations to all the other major TC series, maybe BMW wouldn't have had to leave and then return. The old E36 was a fantastic touring car and it would have been great if Mercedes and Audi had come into WTCC, etc. But no, they decided to go this unique route which has taken them to GT style racing.
At least GT racing has a genuinely popular series I guess, because GT1, LMS, etc have not really found the popularity of WRC, BTCC, F1 or whatever.

Anyway, on topic, is it just me or have the DTM aerodynamics made it look like an Audi A4? Replace the front grill with an Audi grill and it wouldn't look a million times different. I guess the wider, lower bodyshell doesn't help as it makes them all look the same, if it wasn't for Mercedes' more angular styling it probably would look quite similar too.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=131461

 

[boiltheocean]

Anyway, on topic, is it just me or have the DTM aerodynamics made it look like an Audi A4?

When I saw the first picture as a thumbnail I thought a mistake had been made and a picture of an A4 had been posted.

 

[Azure Flare]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=131461

That is precisely what I was saying earlier.

 

[tribolik]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=131461

The first thing I did before oppening the thread was search the motosport forum with the words - BMW DTM - thread title and nothing showed up... and its not the first time this happens to me... the search function is not hard to use but I really dont understand why this happens...

I dont like to open threads but Im into DTM alot and it was the first time I saw the new BMW on photos... so I though Id share it... now if some MOD would be so kind as to merge this with the existing topic I would apreciate it very much...

 

[Ardius]

The first thing I did before oppening the thread was search the motosport forum with the words - BMW DTM 2012 - thread title and nothing showed up... and its not the first time this happens to me... the search function is not hard to use but I really dont understand why this happens...

I dont like to open threads but Im into DTM alot and it was the first time I saw the new BMW on photos... so I though Id share it... now if some MOD would be so kind as to merge this with the existing topic I would apreciate it very much...

You can't search for words less than 4 letters long, so "BMW" and "DTM" aren't going to be found.

Although!!! I just searched what you said and it does come up:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/search.php?searchid=4877584
Note that it has only brought up threads with "2012" in them, but even so, you clearly didn't search "BMW DTM 2012"...

 

[tribolik]

Sorry your right I just searched BMW DTM. Now that I know I will search with more than 4 letters... I was really amazed how nothing and I mean nothing showed up on my search...