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Originally Posted by Steved
Both M5 and M6 feel remote and lack interaction, they are fast but there's very little fun to be had driving them. I drove the M6 during this test for a few hundred miles and was bored and had little wish to drive it again. The SMG system is slower than SMG2 in my CSL and does not allow the driver to blip the throttle on downchanges. You struggle to boot it sideways out of a junction, since the torque just isn't delivered strongly until higher up the rev range. It all feels very undriver centric when compared with other M-cars.
The E92 M3 on the other hand feels like it is cut from the same block as the iconic M-cars, however it still relies a little too much on technology and compared to the greats, there still feels like there is a layer of tech in between driver and the road. Maybe that's progress, but I would really like to drive an E92 M3 without EDC and kept as simple in spec as possibe, since I suspect that might be the best way to have it.
So the E92 M3 is close to being great and could easily become one of the greats in a less-GT, more driver focused version.
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My thoughts exactly, this is why I started the thread: Has the M Division lost their way? I am glad to hear the E92 M is not quite the technological pig as the E60 M5 and the M6. I have always felt the stripper version of the M3 would be the best representation of why I fell in love with M cars in the first place, not to mention better drivers car, cheaper, leaner, and a lot more reliable down the road. The M5 and M6 are a whole different animal - bloated grand tourers.