i don't see much resemblance. however, i always thought the m coupe was strange looking, well actually ugly, on the outside though i'm sure it was a great car underneath. so to see if the m coupe is really considered to be ugly, i conducted the following google searches:

"ugly bmw m coupe"
"ugly chrysler crossfire"
"ugly mazda rx-8"
"ugly audi tt"
"ugly nissan 350z"

and the results, based on number of hits, were:

bmw m coupe - 9,170
chrysler crossfire - 971
mazda rx-8 - 4,210
audi tt - 5,160
nissan 350z - 3,470

it sure is nice owning the least ugly car. 8)