E9x M3, Marilyn Monroe motor-sport edition: sexy with a touch of chubbiness. Most people would agree that this is a fat car - the trunk can easily fit two adults if you're into hijacking & that sort of things. After-all, it is derived from the current 3-series. 10-inch longer and a few wider than the 135i, the E9x M3 looks more like a family sedan - if you forget about the hood bulge, the quad-exhausts, and all the other M touches.
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Numbers are scary sometimes: 414 HP. Obviously being the poor guy that I am, I've never driven a car with this many ponies, so I took it slow from the start. Accelerating & stopping, regular style in 6PM traffic, the M3 felt like... my mom's van. OK, maybe it doesn't swerve left and right like a van with a high center of gravity. But on traffic-busy streets, the gas-hungry, rev-happy V8 was nothing but a glass vase - for decors only.
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But that, was it. Once the engine drops out of its sweet spots (4k+), the sensation took a deep dive back to the basics of.... a family sedan.
An expensive family sedan.
