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Bloodless Evolution
BMW’s M3 is a super road car, but not the bargain of the decade, and the factory supplies the car only in left-hand drive form. Is it worth paying an extra £6,300 for a bit more horsepower and some dubious cosmetic and aerodynamic changes.
Continue reading...Axis Powers
29. March 2010
The M3 and Integrale were only ever produced by the factory in left-hand drive. Don’t let that put you off; lhd doesn’t get in the way of a truly great driving experience.
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...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...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...BMW M3 Track Test
25. June 2009
The M3, old news or not, is so well balanced that it is a benchmark by which other performance cars must be measured.
Continue reading...BMW M3 Evolution
1. June 2009
The Sport Evolution has been honed by serious drivers for kindred spirits.
Continue reading...Clash of the Teutons
4. May 2009
Whether I was running it around Hockenheimring, tooling through the city, or opening it up on the Autobahn, the BMW felt right at home.
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26. April 2010
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