How in many cases BMW doesnโt manage to up the magic when transitioning from sedan to coupe but rather dampen it. Z8 was not as special as the then M5, M8 nowadays less so than the equivalent M5, in M3/M4 the Coupes tended to be a tad heavier and not as p...
Depending on which configuration you prefer, one could well call BMW coupes the 'bane' of the company.... Nowadays though, perhaps ironically, the only car they make that remotely tickles my fancy is the M2 Competition........
The chainsaw massacre design does not appeal and in terms of mechanics and dynamics I find it more a M3/M4 minis rather than a distillation of the concept into a higher sphere ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ The fact that it performs indifferently in tests is neither here nor ther...