For me, I'm not much interested in M division cars now. In my opinion they last had an equivalent GT3 aimed car with the CSL. That was the last time BMW put out a roadcar product that was just about, give or take, 996 GT3 level.
Forget all this tuned bollocks, I'm talking oem standard cars.
Since then they've chased a different market and are worse for it. Porsche march on producing single minded drivers cars. BMW go for mass produce and widely appealing cars. That's OK and the name of the game is to make money but imagine how great their appeal would be if they just for once said fuck it, let's produce a bonkers car for the enthusiasts.
Porsche produce a bonkers road car that makes the basis for a highly successful GT racing division.
BMW produce the Z4 GTR, GT3 spec racer and you can't buy anything like the equivalent road car. I had slightly more respect for the situation when they raced the E92 M3 GTR but they never backed that up with a proper GT3 specified road car. Forget the GTS because that doesn't cut it.
Therefore I've lost interest, stick with the CSL and pine after the latest greatest 991 GT3 and coming RS.
I live in hope for a proper, ballsy M2 but I fear I'll be disappointed.
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