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Originally Posted by ASAP
The F80 came during an economic boom and it's when the M brand grew to larger than all of Acura (no joke btw). It's also when the M3 / M4 were split.
The E92 came during the middle of the greatest recession ever. These cars were on major discounts for a few years.
The E46 was so niche in the USA... that I have no idea where all of those cars would have wound up... but it sure wasn't here... plus remember that along with the M5, where the only M products then?
Wait till you see the G80 numbers and see how many were produced in the 1st 3 years vs the F80  |
That's a good point. The F80 launched during times of uber low interest rates, cheap leases (people were getting these for under $1000/mo), and a lot of growth in wealth globally. Makes sense why it sold so much.
I had driven it a couple times and it always left me a bit cold...didn't have the compact and nimble nature of the E9X M3...F8X felt too refined. But what alternatives were there really? The C63 and RS5 weren't great to drive, and the Giulia QV came from a relatively unknown brand that couldn't figure out quality control to save its life.