Now you're talking about what is literally a separate class of cars. I'll politely agree to disagree because I don't think we'll see eye to eye, but I do appreciate the good conversation. :)

Sure, I guess what we're not coming to agreement on is that your situation and your preferences are very unique. Not everyone is willing to pretzel their body to make room or has a family member that's young or small enough. That's why cars come in different sizes. I'd love to have a small car with tiny little shelves…

Perfect for your daughter, bad for anyone that wants to seat their friends or family above the age of 10.

Yeah, if it was 300 pounds heavier, I wouldn't be having this conversation. For a V8-equipped, relatively large-wheelbase, RWD car, with big brakes, big tires, etc., it's not out of the question nor is it some kind of anomaly. Closest car in terms of dimensions and wheelbase that I can think of right now? A…

I'm not trying to invalidate your choices; if you want an older car like one you listed, that's fair. But to continue the bullet point shenanigans:

Two issues with that list of cars you provided:

Have fun finding an affordable performance car that seats four passengers with some degree of practicality that fits your ridiculously lofty requisites.

eh...

Here's a red F30 in M-Sport guise.

That's a pretty front end, but it's not OEM. Someone took an F30 and grafted on a bastardized hybrid of an F30 top half with an F12 6-Series M-Sport lower half. The F30 M-Sport front end has sharper, curvier, and flared intake duct styling.

At least it sounds like there's a bit of mid-corner adjustability to make up for the pushy nose. Would you say that the understeer could have resulted from drivers being overly confident and coming into corners guns hot? To narrow that down: is the thing confidence-inspiring in the first place?

No, he used the word correctly. Aesthetics is the discussion of art, beauty, and design. Calling something "aesthetic" doesn't make sense; maybe aesthetically pleasing is the word you're looking for.

Aside from the upper half of their greenhouses, there's not a whole lot that's unusually similar aside from them being luxury sedans. The F30 3er debuted in 2011, and the Q50 came out in 2013.

At least their overall grille and headlamp shaping is distinguished. Audi design elements consist of slightly different looking rectangles and squircles.

Not even close.

you make it sound like 300 pounds is irrelevant... you do realize how much of an impact that will have, right?

you do realize the C7 weighs a solid 300 pounds less than the S550 Ecoboosy, or at least I hope you do

This looks really good from the A-pillar back.

They must have been drunk on beer and schnitzel while making this thing. To think, someone penned, modeled, manufactured, and marketed this abomination.

This thing. The E46 3-Series Compact.