I don't know. The B58/S58 and ZF8 combination will likely go down as their greatest powertrain ever when you consider power, efficiency, and reliability. We are finally in an era where BMW and reliability can be mentioned in the same sentence yet people pine for the days where they were worse performing and considerably less reliable. Yes I get they they were lighter, had better steering feel, more raw, etc but you can say that for yesterday's cars of every brand. Have some of the classic ultimate driving machine feel? Yes but that's something that was unavoidable given the parameters of building cars today relative to the past. In 15 years there will be people posting their disdain for the fully electric line of BMW cars mentioning how the G87 M2 was the last great BMW as the cycle continues. Lots of people have issues being caught up in nostalgia, conveniently forgetting the bad associated with the old vehicles.
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