M3/M4 BMW F80 M3 First Drives Anticipation Thread

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

CAR Magazine in the UK comes in with the first review:

http://issuu.com/sjharrison13/docs/car_may_issue/6?e=0

 

[mini_cooper4]

They are still not first since I see no review yet

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

They are still not first since I see no review yet

That makes absolutely no sense. No reviews have been published, this is the first one. Therefore, it's first. Unless my math is off....

 

[mini_cooper4]

That makes absolutely no sense. No reviews have been published, this is the first one. Therefore, it's first. Unless my math is off....

Is this published yet? Isn't it supposed to be out in May?

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

Is this published yet? Isn't it supposed to be out in May?

Check the link that I posted. The full review is there, and it's already published, and typically, magazines release their next months copy a little earlier.

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

I have a PDF version of it too, but I can't upload it. It's too large.

 

[Zafiro]

I can't see the full review either. But its the reviews from EVO and Autocar that matters to me the most.

Anyway, here is a little quote from the reviews posted by Hot ice. Found it surfing the web...and according to the net, they never drive the car, just being a passenger. so its kinda rubbish review with no much value.

The M3 strides away from its predecessor in all kinds of ways: it is faster, more frugal and handles better. On top of that, it raises the bar in terms of involvement, response and satisfaction..

 

[mini_cooper4]

Check the link that I posted. The full review is there, and it's already published, and typically, magazines release their next months copy a little earlier.

There's no review in the link you posted

 

[mini_cooper4]

I have a PDF version of it too, but I can't upload it. It's too large.

Make screens of the pdf

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

No problemo.

 

[Zafiro]

There's no review in the link you posted

Page 1

Again, they were just passengers, not a real testdrive.

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

I can't see the full review either. But its the reviews from EVO and Autocar that matters to me the most.

Anyway, here is a little quote from the reviews posted by Hot ice. Found it surfing the web...and according to the net, they never drive the car, just being a passenger. so its kinda rubbish review with no much value.

The M3 strides away from its predecessor in all kinds of ways: it is faster, more frugal and handles better. On top of that, it raises the bar in terms of involvement, response and satisfaction..

Posting the scans soon.

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/220653753/Car-Magazine-M3-Review-rotated

There you go.

 

[martinbo]

I have to say that it doesn't read like a first-person review. Odd story - written like a new model reveal article but with some snippets of insight into the driving experience. Notice the car "tested" had what I think are US plates and a metal engine brace.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

I must have some kind of super memory or something, but I remember this from exactly a month ago in this thread.

http://www.germancarforum.com/commu...-sedan-and-m4-coupe.49980/page-20#post-688028


Slightly different wording but it's the same journalist, Georg Kacher, and the registration of the M3 is the same.

Exactly the same discussion ensued and @SCOTT27 said this about it.....

"Umm. They have not driven it. No one gets a drive until May."


However, as a customer took delivery of their M3 in Abu Dhabi last week, who knows whether he actually drove it.

 

[SCOTT27]

I have answered this question on other forums also.

Let's just say some are not as important as they think they are...

This is not the first out with BMW to own M3 and M4 a very special Bavarian individual was the first.

 

[DblPen]

This generation is probably going to be best m3 to have/live with. So would be M5, but it had flaws like weight and steering feel, which i doubt f80 will have.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

This generation is probably going to be best m3 to have/live with.

On what grounds?

 

[DblPen]

On what grounds?

More torque, probably even better transmission (or will it be the same?), more frugal, lighter, a better ride, better looking and better interior (subjective).

 

[Betty Swollocks]

More torque, probably even better transmission (or will it be the same?), more frugal, lighter, a better ride, better looking and better interior (subjective).

These all make the car easier to live with, I agree, so that answers the "live" part.

Now, how about the "have" part?

I owned an E92 M3 and I have absolutely no interest in this one. To make the car easier to live with, they've removed the one thing that interested me. The NA V8.

What I don't understand is if people want an "easy car to live with", then don't buy a bloody M3! Buy a 335d xDrive or a 435d xDrive. Almost as fast as the M3 in the real world, and cheaper to buy and run.

Making the M3 easier to live with does not necessarily mean a "better" M3.