Dark colours mask the awful flame surfacing. Besides, you don't see it's ugliness when you drive it

2.5GT is incredible, it's just got a small backseat. If the car is gonna be manual, it's near the top of the list. Auto 2.5GT is poo unfortunately.

Nelson-suprisingly it wasn't that bad. I found the new 3 to be closer to the E39 5 than the new E60 5. That is a fucking WEIRD car, and I hated driving it. Especially iDrive. The E39 felt like a razor sharp tool, in the same way a Miata or a Boxster does. The E60 just feels like a Benz E-Class.