Does not get as many style points as our old black sportwagen, but overall is a sweet little car. 5 spd manual, and awd. Still technically a sportwagen. We would basically park the e 39 for the winter as it was not great in the snow with the big tires/wheels, not horrible, but certainly not great.
This car is definatley more fun to drive, and should be more practical for us.
She did not like it as much at first , but it is growing on her.