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      07-04-2013, 08:09 AM   #117
misterbeemer
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Drives: E92, E46 M3, E39 M5, 750Li
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BMW has gone crazy and personally for me it has lost it's appeal as an ultimate driving machine. The new 3 series is terrible, F30 and F32 both. Cheaper interiors, cost cutting everywhere, bland designs and practically no fun to drive (I suspect this will be true for the F32 as well).

Look at the 1, 3 (sedan, coupe, GT), X3, upcoming X4, new X5, 5 and 6 (the 6 weighs how much?). The new 2 might be exciting due to it's proportions and weight but if they put cheap materials and obvious cost-cuttings and a poorly executed design, then again it won't personally appeal to me like the E46 did.

If any of you subscribe to Car and Driver, read the latest issue where they do a comparison between the pre-LCI E90 328i (non sport) and the new F30 328i (sport package). Guess what they liked more? E90. And when they drove the E90 328i with sport package, it was game over for the F30 328i with sport package. In their own words, the F30 interior materials felt rental car grade.

When I see an older BMW on the road, it brings a smile to my face but when I see a new BMW, I just shake my head in sadness.
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