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Originally Posted by eddiehaug
You guys are gonna have to tell me how to get wealthy enough so I can get an M3 as soon as it comes out. In my opinion, it looks totally awesome, just in a different colour though.
Stop for a moment and appreciate what BMW has done here: in a time where we're invaded by a mentality of cars being gadgets on wheels (Elon Musk said it best yesterday during battery day: "think of a Tesla as a laptop on wheels"), and cars that are just marginally different from previous generations, BMW comes out with an in-your-face design, saying "we're not afraid to challenge the status quo". Very brave of them indeed. I totally dig it.
In these moments is when I'd love to be rich, because I'd give one M3 to each of my friends, as a recognition to BMW for being this bold with this new generation.
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Respectfully disagree. This car is in fact closer to the competition now. Gone is the focus on low-ish weight, weight distribution, DCT uniqueness, high RPM redline. Sure, it's a correct statement that the styling may be 'loud' compared to others, but the actual mechanical uniqueness of the car is gone. Besides styling what really differentiates this from a RS5, C63, etc? Or hell, even the performance cross overs? This is no longer a Motorsports version of the 3 series, it's an 'expressionists' daily driver. If they really wanted to stand out in the crowd of the overweights, automatic transmissions, and cars with as many driving modes as possible, they would have also put emphasis on differentiating the actual driving experience and not just the styling. It's fine if this is appealing to people who put their #1 priority on different styling, I just need to accept that I am no longer in BMWs target market.