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Originally Posted by Ikester19
I may be biased but in the case of the M340i, I wouldn't consider it a 340i with an M badge. Where the previous version was hard to recommend over the 330i and didn't come close to the M3, the M340i has a LSD and with the tech pack comes upgraded cooling and brakes. As the term Mperformance suggests it is a more performance oriented version and therefore BMW categorises these variants differently as they have always done... nothing new here.
The biggest issue therefore is perhaps not how BMW classifies it performance oriented vehicles but more likely that 'true M' owner snobbery comes into play here as both M and Mperformance versions are classified and reported as one in BMW terms.
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The F30 340i had the option of an LSD and upgraded cooling and brakes as well (which mine has). It didn't come close to an M3, but to say it was hard to recommend over a 330i is pure nonsense.
I wholeheartedly agree they should not count as M cars, they simply aren't