BMW M3 four-door to arrive before coupe

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Oct 30, 2011 | 02:27 PM

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Teamspeed Senior Member

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From: MA

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Originally Posted by stuka

The M3 has been dead since the S50B32 E36 that did not make it to the U.S.

We are talking Aluminum door skin, hood, and trunk lid with floating rotors, 6 speed with two different diff ratio for you to choose, forged wheels, and a 321HP engine in a coupe that weighed less than 3100 pounds, in 1997.

Since then they have gotten more HP, but much, much too fat to be anything but regular daily driver.

I would say the E46 M3 CSL and ZCP are still enough to be considered true M cars. The E90 is just too gigantic, and the US E36 was just too under powered.

All in all though, I wouldn't own a new BMW, they're dull.

Nov 1, 2011 | 02:25 PM

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The Yank

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From: NY

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Originally Posted by Slayclops

IMO it looks like a facelift and not a new model with a new, revised design. Most of the Germans car manufacters are having the same problem VW(Touareg looks a lot like the Golf), Audi(6,7,8 look pretty much the same (->headlights, tailights etc...)

Don't forget porsche