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Originally Posted by flightz71
After all these months of reviews and feedback, I've concluded the 2 following were the greatest flaws for the new M5:
1. It's TOO FRICKIN HEAVY.
The old e60 was a porker... but throw on another 400 lbs? ... At least they did it right with the 3 and made it lighter. Also... so much sound deadening they had to artifically pump engine music into the stereo? Just get rid of sound deadening in excessive areas, reduce weight, get more of a natural sound back. How hard can that be??? I get that this car is marketed towards old rich men that want to show off, but it is an M car, it should work hard to balance heritage between marketing/business growth.
2. Steering Feel
This is a trademark of M cars. The steering feel in the e46/e39 cars were already butchered with the e92/e60 cars, but even worse now? Someone needs to go back to the drawing board and discover the roots of why this is so important. What sets the car apart from the AMG's, the RS's.
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This. Unfortunatlely, we're hearing more of the same with every review. Too Big. Too Heavy. Too Soft. I wouldn't say the E60/e92 butchered ///M's feel. It got a bit more civil, but the 'feel' was still there. It felt like an M Car.
I feel more of that steering feel will be lost when the F80 M3 is introduced with electric steering.
An M car isn't suppose to have any compromises.