M3/M4 E92 M3 discussion thread II

[LaArtist]

yep gotta agree that particular pic does not look good..

 

[Deutsch]

yep gotta agree that particular pic does not look good..

I must say, that something doesn't quite match up.

 

[LaArtist]

yep thats why i as rik hope that this is just a PS..
and most certainly that will be the case

 

[EnI]

Is it a PS ... or is it not?

Is it, or is it not ...

No answer this year.

Next year we'll make it clear.

Cheers & a happy New Year!

 

[LaArtist]

^i hope the answer will be NO..otherwise BMW will be held responsible for a crappy start to 07

 

[Centurion]

Hmm I don't like that at all. It reminds me of the E92 sports package which has a hideous rear bumper.

 

[Rohini]

I must say, that something doesn't quite match up.

If you look at the right light on the boot lid, it certainly seems like a photoshop.

 

[Zafiro]

Da baby!

ugly piece of shit and I really mean it. The lisence plate is placed on the wrong place, looks so naked above the plate BMW better dont screw up my favorite beemer.

 

[mapower]

I think it's fake.

It looks like a modified factory Aero Kit.
We saw already the M3 prototye which looked different.

 

[Bruce]

 

[Bruce]

A few more

 

[Zafiro]

thanks. the front and profile looks awesome but im still bothered by the rear and the license plate.

 

[Deleted member 25]

Wrong wrrooooooonnngggg place for the license plate.

Edit: 7.3 Amg, did they mention engine specs ?

 

[Bruce]

Wrong wrrooooooonnngggg place for the license plate.

Edit: 7.3 Amg, did they mention engine specs ?

I don't have the magazine personally, I just found them on another site. No word on specs

 

[Zafiro]

from the guy who scanned this

Price - £48,000 GBP

Engine - 4.0 V8, 420BHP

Transmission - Six-Speed manual, rear-wheel drive, torque sensing lockable diff

Performance - 0-62mph 4.9 secs, 155mph (limited)

 

[SCOTT27]

There is a reason to why the bootlid looks like that . And it's all to do with the core criteria of BMW M - in otherwords lightweight. This also helps the upcoming M3 Cabrio which will receive it's press launch in November 2007.

Although you are looking at allbeit digital enhanced pictures The rear end does look a lot better in real life in which BMW are moving to a more Kinetic approach to M-Division in design the kinetic approach therefore brings the M3 to it's M6 and Z4M Coupe brothers and it's upcoming baby brother M2 in 2009.
The positioning of the M3 now becomes much clearer that the M2 will become a reality because there is now an opening for a smaller model.

 

[RikfromBelgium]

Looks better now. there is a curve in the back panel, one that didn't show in the first picture. Now it doesn't look so empty anymore. Front looks amazing from this angle. Looks like an M6 type of badge on the side, too bad the M5 is the only one keeping the sidegrill. Always liked that.

Scott27, I presume you're refering to lightweight materials used for the bootlid as the reason for the new location of the numberplate. Maybe CF?

 

[Matt]

I would think the car would have dsg or SMG, not a 6 sp.

 

[NarutoRamen]

Damn...I'm gone for a few days and all of sudden the "official" pics of the M3 show up...LOL

Anyways, I think this is false. I think it's still too early for the "real" pics to show up. Anyways, I hope that they seriously don't put the license plate in the bumper. I honestly don't see a point in it, unless this is the CSL. I know how valuable weight is but damn it this isn't formula 1, so ruining (or coming close to ruining in this case) the look of a car for a miniscule gain in performance is just plain retarded.

I hope the ///M engineers are listening to me...or else when I get a job there and become incharge, someone is going to get fired! (alright, day dream over)

Happy New Year everyone!

 

[SCOTT27]

Re: First real M3 pics.

The "Concept Car" is currently being shot in I****** And will be shown the week before Geneva. The teaser is all about the car you wont see it but you get the car's point of view as it negotiates@ speed along a twisty curvy road with that vocal sound you will soon embrace....some effects of the brutal elements of nature such as Glaciers cracking up , avalanches and the like - Environmentalists will not be happy The purpose is to show Mpower at it's element crushing and brutalizing the competition with dynamics, power and effect showing why M is the most powerful letter in the world!