[onewhippedpuppy]

I was really interested in one until I drove it. The exterior styling is definitely questionable, but the interior is perhaps worse. A potpourri of random red accents in a random and trying too hard sort of manner. Great seats, good build quality. The handling is otherworldly, really obscenely good balance between ride quality and performance. Honestly one of the best I’ve driven. Shifter is great but not special, same with the brakes and steering. Engine has great punch but is a typical high output turbo 4, very mild lag with great punch but overall not inspiring. What really got me though was the torque steer and wheel spin, there’s just too much power for FWD to put down effectively even with an LSD. Applying power in a turn quickly overwhelms the front end which starts to scrub power and spin the wheels. Just not fun. I was looking for a fun and practical four door and ultimately spent way less money for an E63 which is exponentially more car.