Finally, a real M car again.

We’ve seen a lot of fast and fascinating cars from BMW’s M division lately, including stuff like the X5 M and X6 M, possibly the baddest SUVs on the market right now. While we’ve had a lot of fun with those behemoths, we still can’t help but recall that the M division is supposed to be about lightweight performance powerhouses. But even the quintessential M car, the M3, has become somewhat portly in its current iteration, particularly the M3 convertible, which has a retractable hardtop that is as elaborate as it is heavy.