My family car is BMW
I love Porsche 911 and I am writing this Porsche blog, but the one that exists as my "family car" is BMW's 650i Grand Coupe.
Because my family is a family of five with three children, it is essential for my family car to have a "five-seater" first, and I and my husband have been transferring to BMW for a long time. Because it is also a "Beamer" ^^
BMW is called Beamer
By the way, this word "Beamer".
In the English-speaking world, it refers to BMW. BMW is called a beamer. The spelling is "Bimmer", "Beamer", or "Beemer".
The original meaning is that a BMW car (as a nickname or slang) is called a beamer, but what I felt in real life in the English-speaking world was "a person riding a BMW" or "BMW". I think everyone called "a favorite person" a "beamer" ^^
… The story is off, but that's why when I and my husband first met, it was the beginning of a BMW-like encounter that each of us was riding a BMW 318is (?), So after meeting my husband Until now, BMW has never disappeared from my home (except while living abroad).
As part of looking for a family carI also went to see Porsche Panamera, Cayenne, Macan, etc.But this time I went to BMW.
At BMW, the event was scheduled to be held on the weekend when we went, so M Town Taxi running at that event was also waiting ^ ^
Ah, and the beautiful Porsche 911 Carrera in the parking lot of BMW Tokyo Bay ...
This flowing line that is too beautiful to the rear ...
You can watch it forever. Too beautiful, Porsche 911.
… Huh! !! !!
I was coming to BMW. What are you doing in the BMW parking lot (laughs)?
Return to me and go inside the store ^^
BMW Tokyo Bay (correctly BMW Group Tokyo Bay) is a very large BMW showroom located in Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo. There is also a mini dealer.
It's really wide, isn't it? ?? This is still just a part ↓
There are also many car exhibits. This exhibition place is only a part ↓.
In addition, you can always test drive in the parking lot outside, so it is an irresistible place for those who are considering purchasing BMW and those who like BMW.
There is also an exhibition of wheels. It's nice to be able to compare them in this way.
By the way, originally I wanted to see the BMW 8 Series Grand Coupe, and I was aiming for it, but the Grand Coupe will be exhibited "only at weekend events", so I We couldn't show them yet on the "weekdays a few days before the weekend" we went to (tears).
Since it is unavoidable, he said, "If it is not a Grand Coupe, you can do something with BMW M", so please show me the M class BMWs that were exhibited on this day. I did.
BMW M4 Cabriolet Competition
First of all, this is the M4 Cabriolet Competition.
After all, in my home, the most important thing when looking for a family car is the "rear seat", so when looking at the car, the first thing to check is the back seat.
At this time as well, first get in the back seat and check if there is enough space (laughs) so that even if three children sit behind it, there will be no mess (laughs) ... but this was a four-seater. .. It's no good ~.
Try sitting in the driver's seat and see if I can drive. … It looks okay ^^ I was able to drive up to 550i, so it's quite so (I no longer drive from BMW 650i due to the size of the car…).
Well, it's a four-seater, so it's out of scope. Hah.
BMW M5
Next is M5.
Actually, before I bought my BMW 650i, I even went to Chiba prefecture to buy a used BMW M5.
After all, the M5 I met at that time didn't fit well, so I didn't buy it.
This is also from the back seat check ^ ^
Yeah, I feel like I can sit more comfortably than before.
When I sit in the driver's seat ... oh. Here, the meter was digital.
And ... for some reason, I was curious, so I touched this digital screen for a moment ... Wow! No, I was surprised that these screens were really hot!
It was pretty hot, asking, "Is this okay?" Is it such a thing? ??
When I thought about it, I had never dared to touch such a digital display, so I never wondered if this part had a fever.
Why did you decide to touch it at this time, me? ?? (* I just touch it gently so as not to put it on the back of my finger ^^).
BMW M4 CS
Next is this black BMW. Somehow the feeling of intimidation is amazing! cool!
Even when I sat down in the driver's seat, the steering of Alcantara was really good, and this thickness was just right, "Oh, this is the best."
Alcantara is also used in the center, which is kind of nice.
And, when you look around the dashboard, you can see the letters "CS".
When I asked my husband, "This is written as CS, but what is CS?", It seems that the BMW M4 CS is a special model as a high performance car, and it is also lightweight. And that.
Hey! I'm sorry, I didn't know at all.
I see, that's why the door is made of a strap, and the panel is made of a light material.
Looking at the body from the outside, I found that a lot of carbon was used.
The rear spoiler part ...
It's the diffuser part.
No, maybe because the color was my favorite black, but it was really cool! The BMW I wanted most on this day was this BMW M4 CS ^^ Good ~.
BMW M2 Coupe
There was also an M2 coupe.
BMW i8 Roadster
By the way, after seeing various things about the M series, I returned to a different exhibition area, and this time it has nothing to do with looking for a family car, but the BMW i8 was on display, so I took a look.
This body color is said to be "Sophist Gray Brilliant Effect". pretty.
I got in.
When riding the i8, the first thing I think of as "Oo" is the door that opens up ^^
And when I got in from the door that opened above, I felt that I had to get in so that the door sill part straddled a lot, which was a little surprising.
Even so, the i8 is also cool.
And this time, what did you think about riding this i8? I was surprised myself, but until now I had a lot of resistance to "the door opens up" (because it's a little embarrassing, and so on ... ^^). But for some reason, I tried riding the i8 this time and suddenly
"Oh, it might be nice to open the door up."
I was wondering.
I have no idea what kind of change I have in my mind. But suddenly I thought so.When it comes to ..., I want the 570S (Oh, I can hear the real intention again).
Two i8s were also parked in the outside parking lot. Is it for a test drive?
I think that there is no BMW that changes the impression of the car depending on the body color like the i8.
And I personally said "While looking at the i8Oh, 911 is born (laughs)I was grinning alone (laughs).
BMW Z4
BMW Z4 is also good!
And the grill part of Z4 became very impressive. If this happens, I wonder if the name is no longer "Kidney Grill" ...? ??
This this ↓
I was wondering if this type of grill design was only for the new Z4, but the M135i xDrive grill also looked like this.
From now on, things like this will increase ...? (Who are you asking (laughs)). This is the grill of M135i xDrive ↓
Know that BMW's front grille will close
Oh yeah, speaking of the front grill, one thing I remembered from the grill connection.
On that day, when I was looking at the BMWs parked in the parking lot, I noticed that the grill of this car was "closed".
that? Normally, this grill has vertical lines, and the gaps are supposed to have holes, but they are closed! !! What?
I was wondering, so I asked the BMW.
Then! Was it more than 5 series in recent BMW? Then, I heard that this front grill is designed to open and close, and it automatically opens and closes as needed. What is called "Active Airstream". I didn't know! !!
By the way, this is a type of grill that does not open and close ↓
This is the type of grill that opens and closes (where it is closed) ↓
There are various changes.
It seems that it was quite a while ago that such an automatic opening and closing grill began to be adopted, so is it now for everyone? I think that means ^^
I couldn't meet the BMW 850i Grand Coupe I was looking for on this day, so I'll be back on the weekend a few days later ... so continue!
Continued→ I went to see the BMW M850i xDrive Grand Coupe
I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).
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