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I've always felt BMW made their M-lites too good and close to the full M cars; they are too powerful, too fast, sound too good and too close to the range-topping model.
The fact that a mapped 340i will keep up with an M3 or worse, a mapped 240i will outgun an M2 is a failure on BMWs part for me. Yeah, I know cornering blah blah but 95% of drivers will never go on a race track and don't know shit about handling dynamics other than going around a round-about 60mph.
It's not just BMW; Audi does it as well with their S models, my mate's S3 with a map and some exhaust mods is quicker than an RS3. I've seen mapped S4s beating RS4s.
I get why they do it, but they make them too close, IMO; even stock for stock, there isn't a huge difference. It should be night and day, I think.
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