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Originally Posted by Montaver
Part of the issue is the G20 3 series is a massive car to begin with, it's basically the size of an E39 5 series.
Where BMW have gotten it wrong is building a 'mini' M5 with AWD and 8AT to play the numbers game and please the stoplight racers. They should be pushing what made BMW great in the first place, not bringing them closer to Audi and everyone else. Throw in the crippled manual and accompanying engine tune, with engineers who actively looked to dial out steering feel for good measure. If your going to be stuck with a 7.2K RPM redline at least make it a V8, at this point it feels so far away from the original ethos of an M car. There's an interview out there with the current head of design from a year or so ago, and his disdain for traditional BMW is pretty clear. A nice set of carbon bucket seats doesn't disguise that the direction set at the top of BMW has been heading in the wrong direction for a long time. Just ask Albert Biermann..
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Pretty much this. I was expecting at least one area where the engineers would take time to improve but it's obvious they were lazy with the G8X. It's no longer about performance and heritage now, it's all about "look at me".