[Envyscorpio]

Have both E46 and E90 right now. To be honest, I like the new car's front sharp lines and I don't mind adding the new M3/4 to the collection. But the design does feel like it focused too much on the front and rear with pretty boring body. I still remember when the E46 came out, everyone was saying it's heavy and lost it's classic "boxy" design. Now everyone's benchmarking it to the E9x and F.

The new car does feel a little less special with shared engine parts. And the size will promote it into the fast GT category in coupe form with redundant rear space (I rarely have rear seat passengers, and none complained about the space in the E46 yet). I have others to do people-hauling work. Now imagine a grandcoupe M4 with the same front and rear with 4 doors adding some design in between. That makes more sense to me.

Name wise, I still prefer the "3". BMW changed it's corporate tradition imagine with a name's just a name car brand compare to the Porsche. But yes, a name's just a name.