If we needed any sort of demonstration to highlight how BMW lost its touch, this was it. It actually is genuinely sad, the older cars were icons of the era & still are very attractive vehicles, while things now are trendy appliances, nothing more than a number on the financial statements.
Don't get me wrong, the G8x will crush the others in terms of performance, but it's sooo far from inducing a positive emotional response, which is what these cars are all about. F8x is a tough one to improve on, so I understand the extremist standpoint to an extent to show differentiation.
E46 & F80 will always be the two I gravitate towards, from both a performance & design perspective