Originally Posted by Stuttgarter

Just so evyerone knows why I have an M5 rear in my avatar, and so I don't have to go from thread to thread getting rained on about why I made my switch and what not... To start, I'm still very much a big MB fan, but it's just not the same anymore for me, the designs have moved further and further away from traditional MB styling to something more American IMO, while a few new designs that I've seen I like, this is the overall feeling i've come to find. BMW's core philosphy reflects more of my ideals in as far as what I look for in a car, not to mention I give them props for having pushed the design envelop so far that they've revolutionzed auto design in general. There's more to it, but I feel that enough has been said.