[m3power13]

I agree 100% with the OP. When BMW wen't away from the dash/controls that were angled toward the driver (E90) the nail was in the coffin. BMW spent the 70s/80s/90s building the brand and image so that every rich kid, housewife, and corporate douche would want one. Since all this demographic cares about is that the roundel is on the hood/steering wheel to be seen in their instagram post, the driving experience isn't a selling point anymore. To get anything resembling the Ultimate Driving Machine nowadays you have to pay out the ass for an M or non M optioned to the teeth with sport packages. Even then it is only a faint representation of what once was. Gone like a fart in the the wind.