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Originally Posted by Jack@AUTOID
Best wait to frame the M240i for me is to look at an xDrive G82 M4. This car is half the price but nowhere near half the car.
I think it’s right to look at the M240i as a performance bargain.
As poster above, I also had an B9 RS5. Dynamically the 240 is on another level.
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For all things in this physical constrained world, there is the ubiqitious law of diminishing returns. The G82 is the superiour car, but when the M240i is only half the price, it's only trailing behind 10% at best. I could live with that sacrifice since I'am not driving daily on Daytona nor the German Autobahn.
And of course, the M240i heralds the pure sportscar architecture unlike the RS5 which is a strange cocktail of a FWD car (designed to assemble low cost), with intestines formerly shared with a R8 supercar. That explains why the harder you push it, the more it feels like a compromise and instead of engaging the driver more, it probably does the opposite.
So the M240i is maybe the last real bargain ICE drivers car the world might see.