M3/M4 Offical: Production E92 M3

[ILC32]

White looks fabulous! Space grey is good as well. There is a configurator so you can try different colors and also see the 19 inch wheels!

International BMW website

 

[EnI]

Internet microsite / teaser...


BMW AG : M3 Coupe

 

[wltsm]

So Tine, has this release been brought forward since the leaking of those red pictures of the M3?

Have just looked at the mini site for the M3, and in that video it looks awesome, it also says the car has 414bhp, and that it has composite brakes. This this last point true Tine, or did I misunderstand it?

 

[EnI]

So Tine, has this release been brought forward since the leaking of those red pictures of the M3?

No, it was scheduled in advance.
The leak happened (as usually) few days before the end of embargo (officially ending on Saturday) - when BMW uploaded press kit on mediapool site, and ... as usually Dutch magazine broke the embargo, and other media followed them.

"In depth" press release is coming in June / July (M3 will be launched in early September) while this is initial press release ... or as BMW calls it: a teaser.


Do you like M3 internet teaser / microsite? Drums & thunder!

Icelandic landscape is very interesting.

Now ... All bow down to Scott!

 

[DocM]

white is nice!!!

Please can someone get larger sized pics of the ones released by the German BMW site....plz plz plz

 

[Mr Robert]

So Tine, has this release been brought forward since the leaking of those red pictures of the M3?

Have just looked at the mini site for the M3, and in that video it looks awesome, it also says the car has 414bhp, and that it has composite brakes. This this last point true Tine, or did I misunderstand it?

Did it not say "compound" brakes? My English is not good enough to tell if there is a real world difference.

Edit: compound brakes are not the same as composite brakes.

 

[siko]

I'm sold... Interlagos blue for me please.

 

[KokkenTor]

From todays press info:

Weight, empty = 1 580 kg
EU Weight (incl. driver) = 1 655 Kg

 

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[EnI]

From todays press info:

Weight, empty = 1 580 kg
EU Weight (incl. driver) = 1 655 Kg

Ouch! That's not that light at all!

I thought claimed 1580kg weight is by EU standard, not DIN.
Because E46 M3 weights 1570kg or 1584kg (depends on market) by EU standard, and 1495kg (or 1509kg) by DIN.

So E92 M3 is 85kg (71kg) heavier than E46 M3!!!

So ... weight-to-power ratio is

E46 M3: 4.36 (DIN), or 4.58 (EU)
E92 M3: 3.76 (DIN), or 3.94 (EU)

So improvement of 13.8% !

 

[Zafiro]

 

[ILC32]

Never mind. Jumped the gun!

 

[Zafiro]

Weight -- what happened??

Yesterday the C&D website said 3483 . . . the official release is 1655kg/3648 lbs. THAT IS A TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT!

compared to what? weight for M3 E46, RS4?

1655kg is with a driver included

 

[ILC32]

Ouch! That's not that light at all!

I thought claimed 1580kg weight is by EU standard, not DIN.
Because E46 M3 weights 1570kg or 1584kg (depends on market) by EU standard, and 1495kg (or 1509kg) by DIN.

So E92 M3 is 85kg (71kg) heavier than E46 M3!!!

Oops -- misread specs!

 

[ILC32]

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