There's a car better than the 3 series in every way... It's called the JAGUAR XE SERIES.
The saloon world is NOW run by 2 cars right now... The new Jaguar and the Mercedes C450AMG sport. I'm a fan of our new luxury automotive entries. Not only have Jaguar and BMW brought new benchmarks into the arena. They've embraced cutting edge design. Not saying the Bimmer is ugly by any means, but it does carry the same overall look with newer enhanced character lines...
With Alfa's Giulia coming. BMW may wa t to...
Find better exhaust tuning. Rethink hydraulic steering or dumb down the current electronic steering to improve felt feedback.