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Originally Posted by Ron Jeffries
Yes, I absolutely would never consider a car made by any manufacturer who ever made a car that I wouldn't want. Accordingly I will never consider a GM car because a million years ago they built the Aztec, and VW/Porsche/Audi are right out because of the Microbus, which looks like a loaf of wonder bread, and of course BMW has that stupid-looking i3 thing.
Or, wait, maybe I'll pick cars based on what they are, not based on what some other car is. Maybe that makes more sense. Glad I thought of that.
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But GM never made an Aztek SS. And VW never commissioned a Karmann-Ghia Microbus R or somesuch.
My issue is with companies that 'hot-rod' almost every single model, whether that model warrants it or not. BMW is well on its way to doing just that for no other reason than to profit off of the ///M designation, which is so watered down at this point the average consumer doesn't know the difference between M Performance and full-on ///M.
IMHO, a 2er GC that has the shape shown in those photos, with the ///M treatment, would not look good at all -- and, for me, that would be the last straw because it would either
- effectively undercut the M3, or
- be so neutered to protect the M3 that it shouldn't be an ///M car in the first place.