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Originally Posted by ruff
I know the M3 was ran very hard on these short tests but all the driving wasn't on the track, some of it was on the roads near the track. To get 11 mpg is awful whether it is a Ferrari F430 or a Viper. The Z06 and Clk 63 Black Series can get 15+ miles per gallon driven hard and they pack 505 hp/470lbs torque and 500 hp/465lbs or torque and do 0 - 60 in 3.6 and 4 seconds respectively. In addition, the Black Series weighs in at whopping 3920 lbs. To make matters worse, the M3 has much less horsepower and less than 300lbs of torque. It will be doing very well if it can do 0-60 in 4.4 with DCT. One also must rember M3's 4 liter V8 has the latest technology . It's nice to have high rpm race engines in production cars and nobody does it better than BMW M except for Ferrari. I don't mind getting 12 miles to the gallon if I have close to 450+ horsepower on tap and well over 300 lbs of torque. I do mind if I have less than 450 horsepower and less than 300lbs of torque and the car runs 0-60 in the mid 4s. Isn't BMW's new slogin for the e92 M3 have something to do with efficient dynamics? Just a thought.
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HAHAHA......you guys have NO idea how bad fuel economy is on this type of engine. The M5 / M6 and now the M3 share the same architecture of high revs / low torque......
I get 8-9 mpg farting around in the M6, the 11 mpg for the M3 sounds about right driving it hard.
Want fuel economy? Go buy a TDI Golf......