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Originally Posted by Equilibrandt
Honestly, I don't get the 340i take at all.
Find me a sedan that could compete with an M340i... most of the MBs are 4 cyl AMGs, an Audi S3/RS3? A Cadillac CT4-V non-Blackwing, an Acura TLX Type S?
These M340i are pretty serious performance sedans and definitely deserve the M badging, as it's becoming more and more well-known that an M-Lite is comparable to a previous-gen M3 on every freeway and on-ramp at semi-safe and semi-legal speeds. Performance cars deserve performance parts and performance names, which is why the jump from a 330i to an M340i is a world of difference.
No G20 M340i is eating a prospective G80 M3 owner's lunch; the used F80 market, however, is probably getting munched. And that's the exact point: if a G20 B58 can dissuade someone from getting an F80 instead, it deserves an M badge.
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Umm so with that same mindset, an E9X 335 of yesteryear which were absolute rockets when they came out and clearly faster than E46 M3’s should have been called M335i’s??? Because they were munching on the previous gen M car, lol. Funny take but try again. Again the point is why M340 and not 340 etc.
Like I previously stated. Put an M badge on everything. They should make M328’s and M330’s. Why not.