Dude, there is you and there is BMW..
You think BMW would make a worse car as generations go on? That's ridiculous, why would a company make a car that is worse than the predecessor? So silly, that I want to smack you. Think logically.
Also you said throttle response and steering feedback in the E92 is better, making it a better performance car. Both of those things that you mentioned, does not make the car go any faster, it makes it "feel" faster.
In performance, its all about quantitative data, barely anything to do with qualitative.
Having said that, sure the engine is 2" higher, but what about all the other things that BMW changed to compensate. You found one crap thing, and now you are going all ape shit on the new M3.
But one things we have in common is the 8400rpm redline
. For the fun of it, to add to the bashing of the new M3, the new M3 is a weak redline. Makes it so much less of a performance car
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