all M cars are real. maybe some people are unhappy with what BMW decides to do as a business but remember they are out to make money which is purpose #1. keeping nut-bar fanatics happy is maybe a strategy to attain purpose #1 but it is certainly not their only method.
what is this "real" M car that people seem to miss around here? did everyone drive an E30 M3 before the E92 out now? i guess we can go back to the "good old days" of no power steering, no power brakes, no power windows, smaller engine, less HP, harsher ride, no nav/stereo but i wouldn't call that a real M car, it's just an OLD M car.
i think people romanticize the older cars and forget that what we have now is superior in every way. just like an old girlfriend, you broke up with her cuz she was a bitch or you just couldn't handle it anymore, but all you remember today are those fun times you once had.