This wasn't an amazing article. Takes a family of 4 in a small fun car that's not really made for long and big family trips, packs it with suitcases... talks about it being frustrating. Well. Yeah? Let me try something similar:
"A week with BMW M2 and the family: Fun but frustrating" 
Also talks about not getting carried away with "performance chops" and frustrated with automatic upshift while driving automatic. 6-speed manual is the way to test it. 

Not an incredibly fair review for this car.