SPY PHOTOS: BMW M3 Coupe Undisguised
 

http://www.motorworld.net/forum/show...=744510#744510

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...003.mini8L.jpg

V8 for all-new M3
A new version of one of the world's best-selling high-performance car is preparing for action - and we have the first pictures that prove it will also be coming as a high-performance four-seater cabrio. We can reveal the all-new BMW M3 Coupé and Cabrio, after our spies caught the cars with thin disguising testing in Munich and on the German Autobahn the other day. The next-generation M3 is the first V8-engined 3-Series, and offers 400-plus bhp - so expect it to race from 0-100 km/h in a fraction over five seconds, and go on to a limited top speed of 250 km/h. Power will be fed to the rear wheels via a six speed manual gearbox or the latest SMG sequential manual, possibly with seven ratios. The new car should maintain the M3's reputation for outstanding handling. The V8 – derived from the M5’s V10 – will be more compact than the current in-line six cylinder model, while a longer wheelbase will help with weight distribution. Externally, the car takes many cues from the M5, with twin-exit exhausts, front wing vents and discreet 'M' badges, while the look of the all-new 3-Series means an aggressive nose and deeply sculpted flanks. Expect to see the M3 in showrooms in spring 2007 with the Cabrio likely to follow six months late.

hit 100km/h in a fraction over 5 seconds?? the old m3 could do better, but i am guessing they are just wrong about this.

Undisguised? Then what the hell is all that shit on the hood of the car?

They are still covering up all the bits that will distinguish the M3 from the 3-series coupe..

Use the BMW News sticky in Car Chat for spy photos please.

I think it's under 5 seconds...

Oh great - yet another fake from Winding Road...

fraction over 5 seconds? i saw a vid of a guy in his new 335i using one of those GPS 0-60 timers and he hit 4.8 to 60

Yeah and no way in hell will it be in showrooms by Spring of 2007. :roll:

BMW hasn't released any official figures yet. Just estimates.

Late Summer 07 possibly September.

LOL!! Winding road really started a bad trend for "spy" photos

Is that a side exhaust half way across or is something else half sticking out of the car below the back of the door.

I can't say I really like that rear window styling.. It reminds me of something a kid would draw.. Too busy.

Otherwise the car is too covered to even comment.

It looks like a bad photoshop.

looks like the normal 3 series coupe with a lil imagination added haha. Not a breakthru in looks as usual.