2008 BMW M3 coupe - UK Car Mag. pics of

kingmonkey8 · 01-02-2007, 08:21 AM

[QUOTE=ukm3;173671]People i will update you all as soon as i know or have further official information on the E92 M3.......

AS said before I work for BMW here in UK so if you want the lowdown on spy stuff i will help as much as possible!![/QUOTE

The pics are official
Check out the magazine website
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/magazin...e_territory=UK

ukm3 · 01-02-2007, 08:26 AM

They are not official they are a photoshop done on a 335i se coupe. No M3 in full undisguised form is going to be photographed so far ahead of the launch. It will be at a motor show

JEllis · 01-02-2007, 06:09 PM

Quote:

The pics are official

If the pics are official then does that mean there is a new option on the M3 where the steering wheel can switch from one side of the car to other..... the pics are fake!

Jason

Drew10 · 01-02-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JEllis

If the pics are official then does that mean there is a new option on the M3 where the steering wheel can switch from one side of the car to other..... the pics are fake!

Jason

Good catch.

MisterBMW · 01-02-2007, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JEllis

If the pics are official then does that mean there is a new option on the M3 where the steering wheel can switch from one side of the car to other..... the pics are fake!

Jason

Thats the new "BMW adaptive driving position". Depending on whether you are a right or left hander, or which country you are driving, or when you get tired of driving on same side for too long, you can switch the steering position

Carnage · 01-02-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JEllis

If the pics are official then does that mean there is a new option on the M3 where the steering wheel can switch from one side of the car to other..... the pics are fake!

Jason

After looking at it a couple of times it's hard to tell which side of the car he's sitting on in that 3rd pic, in all the other ones (including the 4th one from behind) he's sitting on the right side of the car.

GregW / Oregon · 01-02-2007, 09:50 PM

[QUOTE=kingmonkey8;173673]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukm3

People i will update you all as soon as i know or have further official information on the E92 M3.......

AS said before I work for BMW here in UK so if you want the lowdown on spy stuff i will help as much as possible!![/QUOTE

The pics are official
Check out the magazine website
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/magazin...e_territory=UK

I don't see anything in the magazine promo that say these are "official" BMW pics. Am I missing something? Just being published does not make them official or real. Don't think it looks to bad, myself--do like the low license plate position.

kingmonkey8 · 01-02-2007, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JEllis

If the pics are official then does that mean there is a new option on the M3 where the steering wheel can switch from one side of the car to other..... the pics are fake!

Jason

If you look carefully he is sat on the right hand side but because it is the side view it looks as if he is closer to the camera..

m3holiday · 01-02-2007, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kingmonkey8

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukm3

People i will update you all as soon as i know or have further official information on the E92 M3.......

AS said before I work for BMW here in UK so if you want the lowdown on spy stuff i will help as much as possible!!

The pics are official
Check out the magazine website
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/magazin...e_territory=UK

Click Me For The Truth

replicat · 01-03-2007, 01:02 AM

GOD DAMMIT I GOT DOOPED!!!

wild-m3-man · 01-03-2007, 04:10 AM

Man oh man

what have BMW done , are the designers sick with the flu !!!! what a terriable design !!!
anyday of the week a AUDI RS4 will wipe out the new BMW, ESSP with the better drive train that AUDI have

BMW should look very closely at what they have done, but i suppose that the hardcore M3 fans will still purchase one ( do not know any better!!! SHAME !!! )

anyway better luck next time BMW ( 2010 )

kingmonkey8 · 01-03-2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by m3holiday

Click Me For The Truth

There's a website with his contact details,
Why don't you ask the man himself...
http://www.barryhayden.co.uk/main.htm

Bartolomeo · 01-03-2007, 09:50 AM

Hi guys

You have no need to worry about that price in the USA because in Europe cars are far more expensive than in US cause the taxes are much higher.
- Just for example, price for Porsche 997 turbo in USA is $122,900, in Germany the same car cost 137.058,00 € (approximately $180.000) and the very same 997 turbo in Croatia costs astonishing 175.000€ (app. $228.000!).
- E46 M3 in USA was app $50.000, in Germany 57.000€ ($74.000) and again in Croatia was 73.000€ ($94.000).

p.s. 1€ = $1.3

Some predictions are that here in Croatia E92 M3 will cost approximately 80.000€ so that means in US will be around $55.000.

btw. 1litre of petrol (1 litre no 1 gallon) in Croatia costs $1.45

* On topic:
It is clear as a daylight that E92 M3 in this carmagazine is fake. Can't wait until the official pictures came out.

Jason · 01-03-2007, 11:13 AM

Some cleaner scans. Thanks Manz.

knilles · 01-03-2007, 11:49 AM

Thank God it is a photoshop, the back still looks like it's from a tuner from Iraq and exhausts from Halfords...

Can't wait for the real thing

junaid786 · 01-03-2007, 11:49 AM

thanks for the scans, im jus tryna see if there are any mistakes to prove they are fake, seem real though....

knilles · 01-03-2007, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by junaid786

thanks for the scans, im jus tryna see if there are any mistakes to prove they are fake, seem real though....

Please read the 3 pages in this thread....

Prove all over the place it is a shoppy

junaid786 · 01-03-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by knilles

Please read the 3 pages in this thread....

Prove all over the place it is a shoppy

yeahh, i agree. i'm jus tryna prove it somehow...

edit: well, im tryna prove it more lol

junaid786 · 01-03-2007, 12:30 PM

the hood bulge looks really cartoony....

carnuts3 · 01-03-2007, 12:44 PM

I know the anticipation is killing us all, but I think we should all save our breath and wait for the real thing! (but I do agree that the "real thing" better look better than these chops)

swamp2 · 01-03-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason

Some cleaner scans. Thanks Manz.

Thanks Jason and Manz. Can you also add some scans where you can actually read all the text. Much appreciated! Since this sucker is a chop I can at least get excited about all the rumors in the text....

Norsk · 01-03-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by knilles

Thank God it is a photoshop, the back still looks like it's from a tuner from Iraq and exhausts from Halfords...

Can't wait for the real thing

+1

I was just about to write something similar!

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kingmonkey8 Lieutenant 81 Rep 552 Posts Drives: BMW 428i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	[QUOTE=ukm3;173671]People i will update you all as soon as i know or have further official information on the E92 M3....... AS said before I work for BMW here in UK so if you want the lowdown on spy stuff i will help as much as possible!![/QUOTE The pics are official Check out the magazine website http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/magazin...e_territory=UK
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ukm3 Private 20 Rep 67 Posts Drives: M3 CSL Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London UK iTrader: (0)	Official They are not official they are a photoshop done on a 335i se coupe. No M3 in full undisguised form is going to be photographed so far ahead of the launch. It will be at a motor show
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wild-m3-man Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: m3 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: sa iTrader: (0)	Man oh man what have BMW done , are the designers sick with the flu !!!! what a terriable design !!! anyday of the week a AUDI RS4 will wipe out the new BMW, ESSP with the better drive train that AUDI have BMW should look very closely at what they have done, but i suppose that the hardcore M3 fans will still purchase one ( do not know any better!!! SHAME !!! ) anyway better luck next time BMW ( 2010 )
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01-03-2007, 09:50 AM	#57
Bartolomeo New Member 5 Rep 9 Posts Drives: * Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Croatia, Europe iTrader: (0)	Hi guys You have no need to worry about that price in the USA because in Europe cars are far more expensive than in US cause the taxes are much higher. - Just for example, price for Porsche 997 turbo in USA is $122,900, in Germany the same car cost 137.058,00 € (approximately $180.000) and the very same 997 turbo in Croatia costs astonishing 175.000€ (app. $228.000!). - E46 M3 in USA was app $50.000, in Germany 57.000€ ($74.000) and again in Croatia was 73.000€ ($94.000). p.s. 1€ = $1.3 Some predictions are that here in Croatia E92 M3 will cost approximately 80.000€ so that means in US will be around $55.000. btw. 1litre of petrol (1 litre no 1 gallon) in Croatia costs $1.45 * On topic: It is clear as a daylight that E92 M3 in this carmagazine is fake. Can't wait until the official pictures came out.
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Jason Administrator 40710 Rep 21,238 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Some cleaner scans. Thanks Manz. Attached Images
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carnuts3 Lieutenant 13 Rep 407 Posts Drives: 2008 535i Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Connecticut iTrader: (0)	I know the anticipation is killing us all, but I think we should all save our breath and wait for the real thing! (but I do agree that the "real thing" better look better than these chops)
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