BMW M4

[G.Irish]

To be honest though, I thought the M division got off the rails as soon as the E36 M3 showed up. The E30 M3 was a true homologation special and I believe was the most successful touring car of all time. But with the E36 BMW discovered they could make a ton of money making the M3 a more luxurious GT. Over each generation they've just gone further down that road. All of the M3's have been plenty fast, but they keep getting signficantly heavier, with all of the luxo features and size creep.

I disagree, the M division wasnt always just about making homologation specials. The M5 came before the M3, and the M535 and M635 before that, and none of those were homologation street/race cars. The E36 M3 was no race car for sure, but it still had the harder edge of a drivers car (a drivers car that you can drive to work every day)

Hmm, now that you mention it, maybe the E30 M3 was really the aberration. I had forgotten about the E24 M5, and the M1 for that matter.

Oh well, I still think if BMW built more cars like the E30 M3 instead of the E92 M3 the world would be a better place.