I think he knows that. Now that the new car is not in the 1-series line, the traditional M nomenclature is freed up.

What? No one here from reddit to remind us there is no god? Strange, the article quotes someone who mentions god. Someone from reddit should be here.

54,000 buys you some pretty good cars for the ring, especially if you count the used market. The quintessential lightweight sports car, the Honda S2000, is only 20 or so seconds slower around the ring.

Are we talking new cars? If not, old GM tanks were great. I used to have a 1988 Oldsmobile Delta 88. The interior of that thing was massively open and there was virtually nothing to break. I occasionally toted my German Shepard along with me and she just laid across the huge flat rear seat.