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Originally Posted by Fuller
It sounds like you should check out a focus RS. It's a 350hp hatch that's small, tossable, sport focused, relatively economical, and to the point. Golf R and civic type R fit your description as well, except that the Honda is fwd. Of course you'd lose the bmw refinement and badge (if that matters), but these cars meet the description of what you want.
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Thanks for your comments.
I own a Mark VII Golf R, and just before that, an STi. The Golf R is less enjoyable to drive than the M2, and the EPS truly sucks. Basically everything else in the Hot Hatch +/- WRX/STi class of car is a boy racer car.
My point is that what BMW sought to build, with the 1M, has now largely been lost, and they are probably in the process of making the M3/M4 even bigger and heavier (with the next iteration) and the M2 is becoming like the current M3, which is in turn like the old M5.
Bottom line is that BMW does not want to build a truly small M-Car, and they especially don't want to export it to the US and Canada.