I traded in my Mazda 2004 RX-8 on my 2014 M235i.
The RX-8 was a pretty fun car, if you kept the revs up. On the other hand, shitty MPG plus the Wankel engine was prone to flooding at times. Torque was virtually non-existent below 4000 RPM, but loved the 9000 RPM redline.