[Neil McRae]

disappointed by the doom and gloom in this thread.

If you are buying a BMW for all out top speed/HP then you are probably buying the wrong car. The nissan forum is that way ->

BMW's are about the whole driving experience and yes the engine is a great part of that, but actually I find it the most fun when turning round corners, bouncing in an out of other cars etc etc.

In my mind BMW only let us down with the E36 M3, the others have been mega, 1M, M3,M5 and M6 z4M z3M. The current M5 is outstanding. The current M3 is outstanding, although I have to say I think the E46 was the better all round car and certainly looked a lot better.

Go drive the 1M the M3 needs to move closer to that car in my view.

I personally would prefer a no turbos and I would have been worried about this but after driving the new M5 I'm not worried at all.

My hope is a car around 460BHP and MDCT, light and nimble.

I just want it asap 2 years seems a very long time away. I've never owned another brand of car and i've got faith in the BMW marque and more faith in the the ///M marque.

Neil.