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      07-28-2011, 12:58 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by nirvanayoda View Post
I despise the word "sporty".

"Sporty" is a word used to describe a normal car that has small details sometimes associated with a sports car. A civic with a spoiler is "sporty". A cavalier with the z51 package or whatever is "sporty". A corolla with aluminum dash trim is "sporty".

An M3 is not sporty. It's a sports car. Or a sports coupe. It's not a "sporty" anything. An M3 is built for performance with a special emphasis on handling, and it's extremely fast compared to most cars (and is faster than some supercars from less than a decade ago). That qualifies as a sports car. Or coupe. Or whatever noun you want to place behind "sports". In fact, I guess you could even call it a sports GT. But it's not a freaking "sporty" anything.
I strongly disagree with what you wrote. The m3 is a compromise. It is designed to haul four people and emphasizes comfort. Although it may perform well, because ///m built the m3 with that in mind, it makes the m3 a sporty gt, and not a sports car.
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