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After seeing these pictures I really don't like the fender bulges on the M2, instead of looking muscular and agressive I think it looks "fat". Same applies for the M4, the rear looks fat instead of muscular imo.

You could say I'm totally biased and I am because I own a 1M, but one of the big reasons I bought it was because of the big fender flares which I liked alot from the beggining and I think they look miles better than the ones in the M2, but of course everyone has their own taste. Imo BMW could have done a better job, it's not looking good specially when side by side with the e46 M3 posted by the OP, that may well be the M2 worst angle and the one that I didn't notice before. Anything else is good, great little car I'm sure.