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Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster
Interesting...l.. the special edition thing sure seems to work for Porsche though... There are always special edition versions of the Boxster, Cayman, and 911.. Perhaps it's just as annoying to you, seeing them roll out "N"th anniversary edition models.. , Club coupe editions.. Exclusive Design Edition., Exclusive GB edition, Black Edition, Targa, Speedster, etc.. There are so many 911 Special editions.. someone decided to make an article choosing the best ones...
https://www.total911.com/total-911s-...-porsche-911s/
Bottom line is.. that apparently certain people DO purchase these special editions.... while I agree... many of BMWs special editions are contrived (especially anything regarding M3 30 Jahre) ... Lime Rock Editions... Frozen editions.. " Black Shadow edition " etc and really feature little other than exclusive colors.... I guess that technically what I am hoping for a really *sick* special edition of the M2.. so consider me a part of the problem I guess.
As I think about it.. it's not like the special edition game is anything NEW.. Heck.. BMW created MANY versions of special edition of the E30 M3...
Evo 1, Evo 2, Cecotto , Ravaglia, Europa Meister , and Sport Evo.. only SIX special editions of the E30 M3.. 
http://www.bimmers.com/m3/spotter/specials.html
Now then.. back in the day... many of the special editions featured new parts for homologation... and.. while no BMW I am aware of right now goes through such development.. of the special editions have kept on coming across the years.. Some of then indeed are pretty special..
http://www.bmwblog.com/2016/04/13/hi...cial-editions/
Doesn't look like BMW ( or Porsche) will stop... |
Hehe, yep, Porsche does quite a bit of that, but they have such a limited line up of base cars to begin with. Plus the 911 is a purpose built platform on which they continue to build upon. The M4 GTS was all that BMW could do to squeeze out some last drops of performance out of the F8x. Serious diminishing returns at double the MSRP, and in the end the fanboys drool over the rear OLEDs. I think the GTS was a step in the right direction, don’t get me wrong. The intent was good, the execution left a lot to be desired.