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Huge let down. The ///M now stands for ///Marketing. The focused homologation special has turned into a car for distracted housewifes with cell phones and old f*rts who still think they are cool. The steering is dead and vague if you want to be able to slightly improve it... you need some sort of tech package. The clutch is huyndai light, the shifter rubbery. The seats are worse then the Sport Pack seats. Too high and Lexus soft and squishy. If you want the adaptive suspension... you have to pay extra, the steel suspension being not sporty enough. The engine is pretty nice... but in the quest of making the car palatable to soccer Moms, power delivery is too flat. There is no sense of explosive acceleration. The hp/liter ration has stalled since the mid 90's. The sound is a lot less distinctive then the E46... which sounded like nothing else out there. The interior looks exactly like a 3 series with the Euro MPack... that is not special at all. Exterior... they took every single styling cue from the E46... but uglified it. The huge priapic pimple on the hood, sagging front spoiler, messy rear with a visible rusting exhaust box, side gills like a handle from a 1950s fridge.
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