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It's a tricky one. I love my M4 and I think it is clear this is no up spec 4 series. Most with any know realise something like an M4 is very different from the suspension, chassis to the engine. A genuine M car should be able to do constant laps under normal conditions and maintain optimum power, handling and brake consistency. They tread a very fine line in over saturating the M brand but as some have stated BMW needs to ensure that the 'halo' effect flows down so it can keep building 'proper' M cars. I like the M badges on the side of my X5 50i but they are small M badges and the car/SAV does have a genuine M body kit, 20" M alloys, Adaptive M suspension and the 8spd auto box is the sports-shift but it also has 330kw and a sub 5.0 0-100 time. I am a little bit perturbed that an X3 2.0d can wear M badges just with a body kit but I imagine the marketing team are as aware of the dilemma as much as we are.
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