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      10-18-2021, 09:56 AM   #3983
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BMW slaps "M" on anything they can. Mini van looking crossovers and SUVs and all in between. More then Mercedes with AMG or Audi with "S Line".
The "M" division of BMW is the performance division, so the the question (when seeing an M badge added by BMW themselves) is always; did the M badge accompany performance enhancements. And if you can say yes to that, then they didn't just slap a badge on something, they enhanced the performance.

I'm not a BMW fanboi, so I can't speak for all models, but the 2020 M340i DCT I drove as a loaner would best my M2 on the highway, so IMO it's worthy of an M badge.
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I'm not a BMW fanboi, so I can't speak for all models, but the 2020 M340i DCT I drove as a loaner would best my M2 on the highway, so IMO it's worthy of an M badge.
M340i DCT?
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BMW slaps "M" on anything they can. Mini van looking crossovers and SUVs and all in between. More then Mercedes with AMG or Audi with "S Line".
The "M" division of BMW is the performance division, so the the question (when seeing an M badge added by BMW themselves) is always; did the M badge accompany performance enhancements. And if you can say yes to that, then they didn't just slap a badge on something, they enhanced the performance.

I'm not a BMW fanboi, so I can't speak for all models, but the 2020 M340i DCT I drove as a loaner would best my M2 on the highway, so IMO it's worthy of an M badge.
This thread is NOT about m factory applied M badges.
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M340i DCT?
Automatic. Same thing really, vs the manual. And to look a the think you wouldn't think it'd walk my M2 on the highway, but I assure you it would.
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This thread is NOT about m factory applied M badges.
I know what the thread is about, I was responding to the idea that BMW just slaps an M onto anything...but they don't.
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Automatic. Same thing really, vs the manual. And to look a the think you wouldn't think it'd walk my M2 on the highway, but I assure you it would.
I only point it out because it's not a DCT. The m340i a torque converter automatic. The M2 auto is, on the other hand, a DCT. Just a minor correction.

My current daily is a 2020 m340i, and yeah...it's a rocket.
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BMW slaps "M" on anything they can. Mini van looking crossovers and SUVs and all in between. More then Mercedes with AMG or Audi with "S Line".
The "M" division of BMW is the performance division, so the the question (when seeing an M badge added by BMW themselves) is always; did the M badge accompany performance enhancements. And if you can say yes to that, then they didn't just slap a badge on something, they enhanced the performance.

I'm not a BMW fanboi, so I can't speak for all models, but the 2020 M340i DCT I drove as a loaner would best my M2 on the highway, so IMO it's worthy of an M badge.
This thread is NOT about m factory applied M badges.
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I only point it out because it's not a DCT. The m340i a torque converter automatic. The M2 auto is, on the other hand, a DCT. Just a minor correction.

My current daily is a 2020 m340i, and yeah...it's a rocket.
Right, I was just meaning that it shifts lightning fast compared to the 6MT, and the B58 (I think that's what it has), is just fantastic.
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This thread is NOT about m factory applied M badges.
I know what the thread is about, I was responding to the idea that BMW just slaps an M onto anything...but they don't.
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BMW should make a 555i model.
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BMW should make a 555i model.
If that was the case; then the 6 series sales would be demonic.
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I mean, they did have the 333i, so it's not far fetched. It'd be cool.
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Question. Obviously I find M posers hilarious and love this thread dearly. But recently I’ve found myself wondering if I’m not guilty myself.

I have a base F90 and replaced the silver M5 trunk emblem with the black one (which is otherwise only on competition models). I DID NOT put the “competition” part on.

Have I become what I hate most? What’s the crowd say here?
I have done exactly the same thing mostly because I don't like the chrome on the M, chrome on plastic makes me cringe a bit.
I don't think I'm a poser
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I have done exactly the same thing mostly because I don't like the chrome on the M, chrome on plastic makes me cringe a bit.
I don't think I'm a poser
I'm guilty of this as well. I replaced the chrome F-Sport badges on the IS with the black RC-F badges. I debadged everything else, but the fender badges had the holes in the fender, so I had to have something there to cover the holes.
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