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So now you understand why BMW needs to spread the M family across its whole lineup, adding hardcore M and/or M Performance versions to as many models as is commercially viable. The only models to get none are likely the 2er minivan (at least this generation) and the already doomed 6er GT. I actually wouldn't be suprised if, pressured by the competition, BMW would reconsider its 'no 4 cylinder hardcore M on UKL platform' precept and eventually give the 1er hatch a 1M (or M1 for coherence...) version on top of the M135i to fight the A45 and RS3.
The obvious good news is we might well see the return of the M5 Touring and the first ever M3 Touring, admittedly only in Europe and both xDrive, to break Audi's and Mercedes's duopoly on these segments.
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