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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by angerbot on Thursday May 18, 2017 @05:11PM (#14371128)
The new BMW M5 is also closer to the size of a 7 series from 30 years ago. Additionally, even with AWD being added it's 200lbs lighter than the last gen was. Cars are certainly heavier on the whole than they used to be, but lightening them is starting to happen again and they're much safer than any car from decades past.
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Re:America’s Cars Are Getting Faster and More Efficient by steverb on Friday May 19, 2017 @08:33AM (#14374958)
Yeah, my 79 BMW 528 was positively tiny compared to current models.

I also greatly preferred its' handling. Newer BMWs feel (to me) similar to driving my parents' Crown Vic (a comment that irritated the BMW dealer considerably).

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