The point might be the whole car isn't of a standard they would deem acceptable: look how much shit they put in to make it seem "road worthy" (and that's besides xDrive they didn't bother to offer for Scottish winters M140i) -
https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/globa...ce?language=en. In particular, the "Performance Control" feature (also on MINI) which looks like it drives with brakes engaged pretty much all the time ("applying the brakes as required at the wheels on the inside of the bend
before the slip threshold has been reached").
