Say that again, punk.

Looks like it's less than the CLA45. Also less than the RWD M235i.

Make it a manual and they just might pull me from the M235i next year.

They exist for the following reasons:
1) Head room
2) Poor man's GC
3) Making cars that will lose their value so fast because of their much cooler GC counterparts that we Jalops will be able to afford them in a much shorter time as RWD beaters

Looking at them side by side I think I like the standard sedan better.

*Cough*

The 4 door coupe is one of the biggest technological breakthroughs from BMW in a while.

The problem is that no one will know it's a 4 series, they'll just think its a 3 series unless they look at the badge.

Wow, that's a great looking Subaru!

Suzuki Kizashi, which is also unfortunate since it's (supposedly) a great car. Jalops love to rave about them, but if only anyone ever bought one...

Renault Avantime?

WHERE'S MY WAGON ?

You have a strange definition of sports car. I've always considered any car that puts pure fun far above any other priorities (including outright speed) to be a sports car. Obviously this leaves room for interpretation, but I don't think I consider most of the cars on your list of competitors to be sports cars.…

I had to do it once due to a bent rim. I knew it wasn't safe but I couldnt drive the car from the position it was in. Luckily a cop was watching traffic but I still checked over my shoulder every 5 seconds.

A front wheel drive mini-wagon with an M Sport pack.

Now it's time to play a little game called : scenes from a hat

Welcome to BMW, where the numbers are made up, and the cars don't matter.

Canada and free healthcare FTW! But in all seriousness, as much as I know I can change a tire fairly quickly, that is still too much time on the side of the road in bad weather.

Can we just safely assume that if Mazda was going to make another Rotary eXperiment car, it would have a completely redesigned rotary engine, and thus, likely be called the RX-9?