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Originally Posted by BMW M3 CRT

You forget that the production of the M engines in the "Sondermotorenbau" make much of the M-Spirit ... much like the AMG credo "engine build by one person"

Also cheap watches shows the right time, but most technic inspired people would choose an Rolex, Omega, Breitling ... if they habe the money to buy one. Same issue with the new M3/M4 ... going back from an Breitling like S65 to an cheaper more standard S55 engine is an bad move for many real M fans ... also when the S55 fulfil the needed power demands ... and don't forget great torque was never an part of THW real M spirit !!!

The E34 M5 were handbuild, but that's gone, the M are now on the usual factories on the usual supply lines.
Now the engines are not beeing build in the "correct" factories.
My guess is that you will not experience this yourself, but you loose some braging rights along side with it.
If that is your main importance, maybe you should look at your priorities?
Choose an AMG?
As for this new icon, i reckon M have put the money where poeple in here have been wanting for ages, lower weight, and better at cornering.
I think it's going to be a beast, and with the right engine for the job, the I6!
Can't wait to hear more about it.
Farewell to the E9* M3, welcome to the new, improved M3/4!