The 2002 begat the 3 series. Wasn't that the real inspiration for what is now the everyday driver sport sedan. The ti model being the most sporty for everyday use. The tii was a bit high-strung. Sort of the ///M of it's day.
Now that was inspirational, the 2002 inspired a whole segment that is still a winning formula today, arguably a formula that BMW still executes best... This doesn't make their list but the AMC thing does? Exactly why the list is trash fodder.... Of course the Mini does belong..
It can be argued either way regarding the 2002 or the 3-series...in the end Jalopnik missed a very important car on that list...MINI however - hands down - #1 (totally non-bias:wink
True but without the 2002 there never would have been a 3 series......heck there probably wouldn't be BMW as we know it for that matter... Oh and we own a E46 right now!
How many conversations exactly like this do you think there were when creating this article. I'm sure this guy didn't come up with this off the top of his head and throw it on the site. I would think he had huge debates with many people, if not, he just sucks. Whether or not something belongs on the list is still debatable. Sure, the AMC is a piece of junk, but that doesn't mean a designer somewhere didn't say, hey, that is a good concept that was poorly executed, let me make something 100 times better and put my brand on it.