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Originally Posted by mhabs
Seems to be a trend developing with the releases of the new platforms (5, 3, M5)....larger cars, better fuel economy, incremental performance gains, engine/platform sharing, and more isolation from the road. F80 M3 is likely to continue along this path
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Nope- the F10 M5 is more communicative to the road than the outgoing model when in the proper settings. The M cars are using hydraulic steering still and feature direct bolted rear ends to the chassis. The base cars I will agree with but not the M models.
The F80 and F82 were given their own "F" codes as BMW M realized that they replaced or modified 80% of the F10 M5 so it would meet their requirements. 80% of a changed product is not the same product- they anticipated the same for the new M3/4 and requested separate internal codes for development.