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Originally Posted by 6MTFTMFW
I guess we define the term enthusiast differently.
But I don't agree with your notion that there's absolutely no reason to by 340i and the others you'd mentioned.
Just for the sake of getting a 6 cylinder engine vs sewing machine ticking clacking sounding 4 banger is enough of a reason to go after 340/c43/s4 etc.
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Well the beauty of it all is that things aren't always black and white. There are varying degrees of "enthusiasts". I consider myself an enthusiast but I don't need the harsh ride and always go characteristics of a full on M car as my daily driver. And I can't really justify the financial requirements of having an M car just for some weekend driving.
As for non-enthusiasts getting an M340/C43/S4 just for the sake of having 6 cylinders, I'd argue that's the exception, which is why you have such a large disparity in sales between the base vs. performance variants. Most people do not place enough value on the difference in performance to justify the extra expense, and typically the ones that do, do so because they want the extra performance enough to pay for it.
And to your point of a "sewing machine ticking clacking sounding 4 banger", I don't find that to be the characteristic of a modern turbo 4 from the past 5 years. They're much smoother than they once were.
Just curious though - how do you define an enthusiast?