Up Close and Personal: Inside the New M3's V8

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Over the last few years, I have to admit I’ve been a little disappointed with BMW’s M3. Not with the performance, mind you, as that’s always been world-class. In the styling department, though, recent cars just haven’t deliveredthink the "Bengal bump" on the trunk lidand while it became really fashionable to hate on iDrive, there was a good reason for all the trash talk. It sucked. That said, the new M3 looks awesome, and it certainly doesn’t hurt that it’s packing a 440 horsepower V8 with an 8400 RPM redline. Check out this view from inside the new powerplant, which was done the old fashioned wayas in no CGIand took 80 hours to film. Pretty impressive stuff.

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Posted at 6:22 pm in 2009, BMW, Commercials, John Coyle, M3, Videos

Comments

Jim Brooks
Apr 11, 2008 at 3:27 am

As a M3 owner (2004 w/SMG) I feel the author has misplaced his disappointment with the older M3′s. He is, apparently, completely satisfied with the new M3′s appearance and performance. I, on the other hand, am very satisfied with my 2004 M3′s looks and performance but am sadly disappointed with the new M3′s reported performance. Despite a new V8 engine that produces more than eighty more horsepower more than older in-line sixs, and the fact that the new M3 is lighter than mine, the 0 to 60 performance is essentially the same as the older car, about 4.7 seconds. If Nissan can come out with a car (2009 Nissan GT-R) that does 0 to 60 in 3.2 seconds BMW could have too.

lupe
Apr 10, 2008 at 1:55 am

dam V8!! Gas Prices!! feel the burn

Adam
Apr 8, 2008 at 10:53 pm

Ive seen the commercial a few times and love it! Also, its very cool that the footage is real and not CGI.