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Originally Posted by Dylan86
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Originally Posted by elitex
Real M car is a real M car. It's not about feeling better about ourselves, we're talking facts here.
Why not get better sports cars? Been there done that. I actually do not own any M cars currently but facts are facts.
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The performance gap between base trim levels and full performance cars has simply been filled by a new line of "M" variants.
We should all look at it as another option as opposed to "M is best, and that's it" philosophy. I've owned both, and see both sides, this isn't such a big deal but the M fan club seems disgruntled about the gap getting filled by these new models 
If you remember when the m235i came out, the M2 was still a myth for NA. The m235i was all the rave by reviewers and enthusiast alike simply due to its interior size and near 50/50 weight, power and essentially E46 M3 chassis dimensions. There was no other M variant available yet (m550i was still in development) and no one barked at the fact that this non-M car put lengths on the 1M, and previous generations of M3's.
Now that they've diluted a bit further with added variants, it seems like most are chalking these up as rebranded "m-sport" models, which simply they are not. |
M performance models are better than M sports models, I agree with you there.
There's still a big difference between an M car and M performance cars. M performance may be getting close in straight line speed but there's more to an M car than just straight line performance.
Are M performance great performing cars? Yes, absolutely. Are they M cars? Absolutely not!
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