I’ll take an E30-size car with 240 hp for under $30k, please, Alex :-)
I think BMW finally figured-out that the 3-series was getting a little too big. Supposedly, there’s plenty of the previous gen 3-series engineering in this car (as there is in the R50/R53 MINIs).
Nummy…now in about 10 years when I can afford a used one :-)