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Originally Posted by Winter.M3
Kinda controversial but I couldn't find anyone else's input. I see 3 series with the M sport package with M badges, M stickered calipers, M color stripes, etc. In my opinion, it's excessive.
Now, would you consider this upbadging? I would say yes, but I'm not sure. What's your opinion?
However; I still think it's cool to an extent to do it to some BMWs, especially if you have some performance mods. So don't get me wrong there.
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Your real question is; what makes an M-car an M-Car?
The answer isn't an "S" code on the engine, as most would have you believe. It's simply a "performance model", not just some performance bits.
So it looks like this.
240 = standard road car.
M240 = standard road car with increased performance by virtue of higher performance M parts.
M2 = M-Car
A real M-Car turns out to be ANY collection of M bits that BMW decides makes it an M-Car, regardless of what anyone else says, since they invented it.