MOTOR TREND: BMW M3, M4 FIRST DRIVE "...BOTH CARS ARE AN ABSOLUTE BLAST TO DRIVE!"

"Allow me a moment of crankiness and I'm quick to whine about how BMW's M division has been lost for the better part of the last decade, building cars (SUVs even!) with stupid-quick acceleration and face-twisting grip, but with all the soul of a microwave and the road feel of a panzer. The current M5 and M6 are uninspiring at best, and even the last-generation M3 didn't put a big, goofy smile on my face until it was howling near its 8400-rpm redline. Unless it was pushed hard, it wasn't a special, memorable car. Sure, Fat Elvis could still sing, but his spirit was broken."