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Originally Posted by DanG
No one is saying that BMW doesn’t make some nice daily drivers. But that is quite different than “The Ultimate Driving Machine”. M cars once were street legal track cars. Every generation of M cars seems to be less so. And let’s not talk about branding SUVs like the XM as M autos.
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So, which past M cars do you think were street-legal track cars? A handful at most, right? And most of those were the special, rare M versions (like the M4 GTS), not full-production M cars, right?
And those SUVs with the proper M badge on it, like an X5M or X3M, they are indeed proper M "vehicles" with loads of performance baked into a brick-like package. Sure, on a track, they don't make sense...but on the road, they make a lot of sense for many who want full practicality coupled with a high-performing machine.
Sure, its not for everyone, and I'd never buy one myself, but having driven an X5M on the track and on the road, all I can do is....
Hec, there were other M
cars who couldn't keep up with me, in the straights AND in the corners.