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Originally Posted by JCZ5
BMW's core market aimed squarely on MT drivers have been long gone even before the G80 came into existence. Here is the thing, based on how long you have been on the forum or been around BMWs, your interpretation changes. When the E46 came out, people thought it was skewing too far to the luxury side. Then the E90 came, same story, F80...so on. But more recently, we looked back and thought the E46 was phenomenal. And oh man the E30 was pure driving heaven. It's just the trend of people's thinking of the past always better than the future (to a degree).
And I wouldn't say Porsche is hardcore either. Sure compared to BMW and if you get into some GT cars. But GT cars cannot be compared to M cars. Similarly, Lotus is capitalizing on former Porsche enthusiasts who thinks Porsche has lost its direction...
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The 911 is more of a grand touring car (and straight line drag car) than the sports car it used to be and softer than an M-car. The Cayman GT4 is the sports car in their lineup.