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Originally Posted by solstice
I don't think it's so much inability from BMWs side as it is that they build cars they think the majority wants instead of the best drivers cars. A shift in paradigm from the narrower enthusiast focus of the past to maximizing volume in the present. Sad thing for some of us is that it's working.
However the M3/M4 is a different matter. BMW should know their M3 buyers and this soft, isolated luxo cruisers cars will not satisfy the majority of these buyers, or does it?
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I'd (sort of) like to believe it is true that BMW has intentionally made even the sportiest version of the regular 3/4-series line numb, rather than the current product being the result of lack of ability. Though it's not actually very comforting that all of the engineers with enthusiast inclinations are so overruled. Yes, the masses probably do indeed want cars reflecting different tradeoffs than enthusiasts. But would "the masses" not have enough cars tuned to their numb preference if the base, luxury line, modern line and even regular sport line were all this way, to meet wider sales targets? And just one single model - the M-sport with further optional suspension - was tuned to provide proper feedback, to ensure sales to enthusiasts? Assuming BMW knows how anymore. Anyway, I find little comfort in this being a conscious decision.
And still hope the M3/M4 will be dramatically better.