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Originally Posted by techwhiz1
As a person that has owned multiple M cars; what do people think it takes to call a car M?
Is an M5 a "real" M if so why?
Is an X5 M a "real" M car?
If they are real then why isn't the i4 M50 or the iX M60 not?
We are talking heavy sedans and SUVs with similar driving dynamics.
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Well technically M is whatever BMW wants it to be. But there are different tiers such as "M Sport". I would say that the iX M60 has been sported up (which is what BMW means when they use M), but when people say "real M" they just mean it's not the top of the line, pure. Sort of splitting hairs.
What another forum member said is that in order for it to count as a "real M" car it has to show up on the BMW website under "M models". These are usually models that have the simpler naming like "X3M", not "X3 M40i" and are the highest performance tier. They can't just have M styling or M dynamics or perform well enough to embarrass the super cars you admired as a kid.
Maybe "M model" is the better term these people are looking for rather than "real M". The M means a car is sported up, but only some cars are actually "M models". This is the distinction the website makes.