This is a very fast camera in every respect (bar an occasional lag writing RAW files to memory) with a tack-sharp, super-fast lens, pleasingly fast autofocus, a great, bright screen, and rock-solid feeling controls that are right where your fingers need them to be.
No other compact economy car outside of a Mini Cooper offers as much stick-and-rudder fun as the 3: The steering (hydraulic, with an electric pump) is tack-sharp and precise, with almost no torque steer and a gratifying heft that gathers as you turn the wheel.
After years of virtuous pleading for more decisions by majority vote in Euro-councils, the chancellor shocked his partners by what seemed like a sharp change of tack.