No compromise: M3 Sedan first drive!

[blue8]

You can never really have too much of a good thing.

Just look at the 2008 BMW M3 Sedan. Introduced as a coupe only six months ago, now it has two more doors and added trunk space to boot. All this without any compromise in performance.

That's what we said to ourselves as the speedometer swung to an indicated 175 mph on the autobahn in Germany this week. And there was another 1,000 rpm to go on the tachometer before the rev limiter could be expected to kick in.

No compromise.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=124806#3

[styla21]

Thanks!! Looks great, and eager to see both coupe and sedan with the SMG.

I am the biggest M fan you will ever meet. I do hope though that BMW don't start producing everything with an m badge - eg. the 3 series station wagon that the article referred to. Leave the sports designation-to-everything to AMG.

Still, the sedan m3 remains a purists car and can't wait to see them on the road here.

[Ghostbat]

Originally Posted by styla21 Thanks!! Looks great, and eager to see both coupe and sedan with the SMG. I am the biggest M fan you will ever meet. I do hope though that BMW don't start producing everything with an m badge - eg. the 3 series station wagon that the article referred to. Leave the sports designation-to-everything to AMG. Still, the sedan m3 remains a purists car and can't wait to see them on the road here.

I think they abandoned the SMG for the new M DKG/DCT ("doppelkupplungsgetriebe"/"double clutch transmission").

Oh and if you are such a big M fan maybe you recall previsous M station wagons..

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by Ghostbat I think they abandoned the SMG for the new M DKG/DCT ("doppelkupplungsgetriebe"/"double clutch transmission"). Oh and if you are such a big M fan maybe you recall previsous M station wagons..

Why are all of your posts lately attacking members here?

[RC45]

It seems as if this new M3 is the old M5 reborn.

[rave426]

Originally Posted by RC45 It seems as if this new M3 is the old M5 reborn.

With slighly less wieght, a meaner exhaust note, and over 1000 rpms more.

You know whats crazy. If you integrate the area relation of time vs. torqe for first gear. The new M3 actually puts more torque to the ground in first gear than a Corvette Z06. <<< Its all due to the S65's extremly flat touque curve.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by rave426 With slighly less wieght, a meaner exhaust note, and over 1000 rpms more. You know whats crazy. If you integrate the area relation of time vs. torqe for first gear. The new M3 actually puts more torque to the ground in first gear than a Corvette Z06. <<< Its all due to the S65's extremly flat touque curve.

Is this "time vs torque" the new version of "hp/l"? A pointless number that doesnt translate to meaningful performance?

[79TA]

Originally Posted by rave426 With slighly less wieght, a meaner exhaust note, and over 1000 rpms more. You know whats crazy. If you integrate the area relation of time vs. torqe for first gear. The new M3 actually puts more torque to the ground in first gear than a Corvette Z06. <<< Its all due to the S65's extremly flat touque curve.

Perhaps the best way to get a good time x torque number would be to have a car get bogged down with little torque so it could stay in first gear longer.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by 79TA Perhaps the best way to get a good time x torque number would be to have a car get bogged down with little torque so it could stay in first gear longer.

I know which power/torque curve I would rather have...



p.s. I had to cobble this together from a metric multiscale M3 chart and an imperial multiscale low resolution chart - so the M3 doesnt cross at 5252. but its as close as I coul dget..

[rave426]

Originally Posted by RC45 I know which power/torque curve I would rather have... p.s. I had to cobble this together from a metric multiscale M3 chart and an imperial multiscale low resolution chart - so the M3 doesnt cross at 5252. but its as close as I coul dget..

Nice graph.

You guys are missing my point. Its not to say its better or more usable than the Z06, its more for enlightening the fact that the engine is very impressive. Many people who dont understand the science of torque have been complaining about how the engine only produces 295 lb-ft...Yes its a low peak for a V8 like that, but its how its laid to the pavement that matters. A torque curve that flat for an 8400rpm N/A engine is unheard of.

[5vz-fe]

^It is almost the same weight after all.

[5vz-fe]

^Just for the record, so is a tractor LOL ~

[enzoferrari]

How much?

[79TA]

Yea, the bimmer has a nice flat torque curve and I commend them for it. However, I believe the best way to get a good torque x time number is to just get bogged down longer. For instance, I could leave my Trans Am at 2200 rpm where it makes 320 pound-feet of torque (rpm can be constant as it accelerates because it's an automatic; the torque converter does the work) and probably own the vette and bimmer. Part of this is due to the fact that I only have 3 gears (4 speed auto swap coming in the future after engine swap) so it'll take longer to get to second.

[blue8]

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