I was also around when the F8x was doing the rounds during testing on the Nurburgring in camo.
Most of the hate was on the sound and the turbocharged inline 6. But also on a number of other perceived issues.
Back then the F8x forums was just like reading this and other threads on the G8x. It was a LOT of doom and gloom. The F8x would fail miserably and people «threatened» to abandon ship and buy AMG or Quattro (or Porsche).
8 or so years later the F8x is the best M3/4 ever in almost all aspects it seems.
The same will happen this time around as well. The G8x will probably get some mixed reviews initially (just like the F8x did) but will probably end up being the class benchmark (just like the F8x).
All will be good
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