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Coupe vs Cab at NAIAS (archive)
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Posted by O2 Quik on January 14, 2001 at 18:38:01:

Just got back to T.O. from the Detroit autoshow. I went with the intent to make a direct comparison between the M3 coupe and Cab. They had an Imola red Coupe and Cab and another Smurf blue Cab at the back of the booth. Since both red cars were side by side I went from one to the other trying the seats, sitting in the back, looking at the trunk space, etc. Lucky I was there in the morning as well since I went back at about 2:00 PM and they were locking them up and not allowing anyone to sit inside - apparently vandals had opened the hood and began to remove bits and pieces.

Anyway, here are my observations:
- Imola red is very nice and I don't usually like red
- Cab had a black leather interior with black trim instead of faux alu trim. Appeared a little drab. Alu would look better.
- Seats! both cab and coupe seats were power adjustible and EQUALLY very supportive. Cab had power telescoping headrest with integrated seat belt guides which moved in unison - very nice. M3 embossed on headrest.
- Rear seats. I'm 5'10" with a heavy build and i just fit into the back seats of both cars. Coupe has about 1/2" more headroom and Cab loses about 2-3in in width on both sides to accomodate cab top. I did this test with a friend of mine sitting in normal driving position in the front seat - He is 6'2
- Dimensions of the Cab interior seem to be identical to that of the 325/330 Cab at the show. Absolutely no problem fitting 2 adults 5'10 or less in back with 6'ers in the front.
- Trunk of Cab can hold only one set of clubs and you'd better be using a carry bag. Trunk lost usable space with the 'box' lowered for cab top.
- Cab has no trunk lid spoiler - wouldn't make sense anyway
- If you go ask for the M3 Cab brochures, they were not giving them away readily and it has some nice pictures in it. It also stated that estimated 0-60 is about 5.0 sec.

Anyway, I'm really excited now and my friends who went with me are as well - since they know I will be able to go cruising with at least 3 of them.

BTW. That LSB colour looked awful in the lighting at the show, although I suspect that it won't look good in any sort of light. It looks exactly like the smurf colour of my daugthers smurf toys.

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