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On Track Artistry
It’s the type of car that gets you in trouble with the law…it is so responsive that you want to drive it hard.
Continue reading...True Colours
22. February 2010
The new M Coupé is the fastest; the original M3 arguably the greatest. Both wear the evocative M badge with pride, but as Richard Meaden discovers during two wintery days at Spa-Francorchamps, only one of these BMW M-cars is true to its motorsport colour.
Continue reading...BMW M3 (1988 – 1991)
1. February 2010
Within many of us there’s a brilliant, successful racing driver hidden away, a wheel-meister of the first order, or so we like think.
Continue reading...Road Race Rivals
25. January 2010
Adopting Group A rules for rallying as well as racing was meant to close the gap between road and competition machines. That it has done, not by producing slow race and rally cars, but by bringing a new generation of affordable 150mph road-rockets.
Continue reading...Two Into M Won’t Go
4. January 2010
What should an M3 be like – refined and quick, or raw and thrilling? Touring car ace Steve Soper chooses between new M3 and old M3.
Continue reading...No Hold Ups In The Fast Lane
28. December 2009
BMW Motorsport expects the new M3 middleweight to do everything in the World Touring Car Championship next year – except win races.
Continue reading...Munich Mauler
7. December 2009
We get our first drive in BMW’s hot M3, the best and maybe only – sporting Bimmer since the 2002tii.
Continue reading...M3 Squared
30. November 2009
Applying performance modifications to new car – legally and cost efficiently – is becoming such a daunting task that the most rational course seems to be cruising the used-car market, European car has espoused this approach for years, and one of our favourite platforms for performance modifications is BMW’s E30-bodied M3.
Continue reading...MMM…
2. November 2009
With their Formula One participation poised to cease, BMW are determined to succeed in the European Touring Car Championship next year. The new 200bhp M3 is the company’s secret weapon.
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1. March 2010
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