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Originally Posted by SCOTT26
The G80 more than lives up to the M3 Nameplate. Believe me.
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If you went back 10 years and said the future M3 is going to be 4K lbs, AWD, torque converter, nose-heavy, with in-your-face styling and likely numb steering, I think almost everyone would agree it does not fit the M3 nameplate. I think the slow drip of info has made people not realize how much of a deviation it is.
I'm not saying it's a bad car or won't drive well by any means - I'm sure it'll be great. But objectively it has a very different design ethos. I believe the primary motivation for the change is cost savings while chasing 0 - 60 times.
It'd be really interesting to see a survey of how many E46 owners are interested in the G8X compared to old gen owners of 911 or Wranglers and their interest in respective current gen models. I believe those models have done a better job of making progress without deviating from what they represent.
Regardless, excited to see the reviews and eventually drive one for myself.