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If you want to go fast in a straight line, there are lots of cars that beat the crap out of a BMW for less. The whole frickin' point of a BMW is turning the damn thing. The most valid criticism of the M2 is its weight. The current M3/4 are the size of an old M5 which was always sold as a sports sedan, not a nimble track animal. And that, for better or worse, are what 3/4s are today. The current 5 is really a hopped up former 7 it has grown so big. And that's why BMW is taking away the manual M5 and why it probably won't affect sales.
As for the Z4M, there is a reason it was pretty much rated last of sports cars in 2006/7 by nearly every enthusiast magazine (and the Cayman 1st btw). The suspension is brutal unless you're on a glass-flat road or racetrack, the car is twitchy as shit unless really dialed in, preferably professionally, and visibility sucks. That said, used as a dialed in track car, it's amazing and fun. And it is a fine looking machine. I understand the love, but know what it is. Flame on.
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