I imagine your take of "hot" is based on spacial perception... if this was parked next to a real car it would probably look silly, like a Micro Machine (or like those ridiculous Chevy concepts...)
I swear I've seen this car (or similar) up on a rack at Baron von Frier in Berkeley... I had never seen a bmw like it, couldn't believe my eyes. The 3.0 is now in my list of top 5 classics, surrounded by malibu's, corvettes and mopars
@superbadd75, 'tis the season to go on a rampage.: go rally a new rental Sonata and tell me it doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart... feels like a fancy shell wrapped around a piece of crap... though I will admit I haven't driven a Genesis or that Jag ripoff, x-whatever it's called