First customer M3 GTS delivered ! Pics

adc · 07-21-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ss134

Awesome car and will be very exlusive but way overpriced - $165000

A decent garage could turn your standard M3 into a GTS type track car for a fraction of the price.

Well no - since it won't be sold in the US, it doesn't cost $165k. In Euros, it is similarly priced to a GT3 Clubsport or RS.

A decent garage would take your $67k M3 (base with DCT and Individual paint), add some $30-40k for the stroker, another $5k for aero bits, $5k for wheels, $5k for suspension, $3k for rollcage/interior removal etc. and turn it into a car that is completely unsaleable.

And you'd still wonder if it handles as well as the GTS.

sehrgut · 07-21-2010, 12:05 PM

Hooooly shit is this a badass car.
Are those wheels black ZCP wheels with same specs?

Can the wing be ordered, if so, how much?

I wonder if one where to rock the wing, would people who doesn't know about the GTS look at you funny? Ofcourse you would need a good drop so it doesn't look out of place lol. After seeing the press pictures of the GTS I wasn't to fond of the wing, but after seeing these pictures it gives it a bmw m3 RS feeling about it, which just gives me the chils.

03BeastCharmer · 07-21-2010, 12:12 PM

Looks great, would love to have as a track toy

If your car is driven on the street more than 30% of the time, please don't buy an aftermarket version of this wing and put it on your car

Big wings belong on the track (or unrestricted autobahn).

Oulixes · 07-21-2010, 12:18 PM

Thanks, Great White.

marcel b · 07-21-2010, 12:19 PM

know somebody who has this car and drives it on the Ring. He is currently trying to do a lot millage so he can do the break in service and go above 5500RPM. Hope to see it live at the Ring soon.

Green///Hell · 07-21-2010, 12:22 PM

So jealous of this car. If it came to the US it would be very hard to fight me off the list for one

singhbmw23 · 07-21-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jdgamble

This coming from a Corvette owner... Ha. Look up "tacky" in the dictionary and there's a picture of your car!

haha ouch

Great White · 07-21-2010, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BMW-Motorsport

+1

Correct, it is a simple SS test system, since the TI systems (which will be NO Akra) are not available yet

Akrapovic is available for the M3 in TI but only with 100 cellers which are not really allowed over here (yet)

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Originally Posted by Poppin Fresh

I was not listing the exact components but only the popular add-ons to make it "almost" similar to the GTS.

Oh ok

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Originally Posted by stingray23

someone actually bought this thing?

Yes and guess what? Someone also is driving it the way it was meant to be driven!

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Originally Posted by rldzhao

lucky bastard!

Oohhhh Yeeaaahhh

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Originally Posted by BarryC

it just depresses me to look at this car.... i would have bought one if it had come to the US. oh well...
BC

I would have bought one too but the requirements were: (like the Ferrari Enzo) you had to own at least 3 M cars of which one was the CSL, the current M5 E60 & the M3 E92 to be put on the list!!

Not many people know this..
and second by the time I did have the opportunity to order they were all 50 limited (which was originally not planned) and sold out!

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Originally Posted by Rockclimber

Wow, great pictures. These actually look better than the press release pics.

Well thank you very much !! That is a great compliment, I appreciate it and will try and get some new pics soon as I will be meeting the owner for a ride on the Loop next month. I would film it too but the Nürburg Ring AG would sue me as no films are allowed & there aren´t many GTS´s out there at the moment

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Originally Posted by SuperlativE90

GTS has a custom exhaust by Arvin Meritor, not akra...

Sorry to say but wrong here too! Arvin Meritor does not produce the ExSys for the GTS.

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Originally Posted by ///V\3Dude

That color is freaking sweet. It looks 10 times better in these photos

Again thanks! I´m just a hobby photographer when I´m not doing my rounds myself

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Originally Posted by zuggerat89

Wow, that color is AWESOME. I'm so jealous, maybe one day NA will get a BMW track car like that.

Wait and see

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Originally Posted by graider

wow, honestly i wasn't really impress with the previous press picture. i though it was fugly before.

but these real life photos changed my mind. it looks pretty darn good with that color, the wing, the front lips. IMO it is full of win in the look department. i can smell lot of replica aftermarket parts mimick the gts coming soon to a dealer near you, LOL

Too kind, thanx & yes I smell a lot of: "We got the new GTS parts !" over here already

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Originally Posted by jdgamble

This coming from a Corvette owner... Ha. Look up "tacky" in the dictionary and there's a picture of your car!

C´mon now let´s not get nasty

personally I love the Z06 and am considering getting one as a ring tool too

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Originally Posted by sehrgut

Hooooly shit is this a badass car.
Are those wheels black ZCP wheels with same specs?

Can the wing be ordered, if so, how much?

I wonder if one where to rock the wing, would people who doesn't know about the GTS look at you funny? Ofcourse you would need a good drop so it doesn't look out of place lol. After seeing the press pictures of the GTS I wasn't to fond of the wing, but after seeing these pictures it gives it a bmw m3 RS feeling about it, which just gives me the chils.

The wing is the same as on the GT4 and can be ordered as far as I´ve heared but I don´t know if any dealership would be allowed to put it on (at least over here)

The rims I forgot to take a close pic of but they are 19" BBS Challenge

tightie · 07-21-2010, 12:57 PM

Wow.. amazing.

Great White · 07-21-2010, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Oulixes

Thanks, Great White.

Welcome

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Originally Posted by marcel b

know somebody who has this car and drives it on the Ring. He is currently trying to do a lot millage so he can do the break in service and go above 5500RPM. Hope to see it live at the Ring soon.

Achso ?? Wer denn? Ist mir nicht bewußt das der GTS 005 schon ausgeliefert wurde..

Infos bitte

Ok guys. Just for you !

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By great_white at 2010-07-21

Yeah and this is the cherry on top for those who are missing it

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So my fingers are now bleeding from so much writing

CU guys L8R

mkoesel · 07-21-2010, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Great White

Sorry to say but wrong here too! Arvin Meritor does not produce the ExSys for the GTS.

If that's true then they have changed it from the originally reported specs:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=315174

SUB-ZERO · 07-21-2010, 01:04 PM

Very cool! A truly unique and exclusive M3 to have.

The price tag is high but one must pay to play.

However, my favorite M3 to date is Nelson's M3 by IND (I think it was built by IND).

I hope the US market opens up to some more BMW performance parts for the M3.

-SZ

Seattleite · 07-21-2010, 01:11 PM

Thats what I want to be for Halloween.

mkPOTO · 07-21-2010, 01:12 PM

it still pretty sweet in general, knowing that the car came from factory and is part of bmw history not a knock off

MachineHead · 07-21-2010, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rldzhao

lucky bastard!

T89 · 07-21-2010, 01:28 PM

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mtechnik3 · 07-21-2010, 01:39 PM

Congrats to the owner. Such a sick M3!

sehrgut · 07-21-2010, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Great White

The wing is the same as on the GT4 and can be ordered as far as I´ve heared but I don´t know if any dealership would be allowed to put it on (at least over here)

The rims I forgot to take a close pic of but they are 19" BBS Challenge.

From a GT4? As from grand turismo 4? lol

Yeah they do look like bbs challange. Always thought those were black ZCP. Guess not!

quality_sound · 07-21-2010, 02:07 PM

Why were you guys parked in the GP area? Run out of room at the North Loop parkign lot? It is pretty damned small.

booch · 07-21-2010, 02:49 PM

an interesting car for sure (obviously would love to have one).

with that said, some of the little stuff bugs me, like the 'idrive' change holder and the rear headliner lights despite the lack of a rear seat. for the price, i would expect a little bit more, but obviously that's not the target of this car.

Remonster · 07-21-2010, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by sehrgut

From a GT4? As from grand turismo 4? lol

Yeah they do look like bbs challange. Always thought those were black ZCP. Guess not!

no as in the M3 GT4, the GTS isn't the most hardcore version of the M3 made by BMW, you know...

datbimmerdoe · 07-21-2010, 03:35 PM

congrats!!

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