Exclusive 2010 M3 Edition Model revealed (incl. photos)

tma1c · 05-29-2009, 12:00 PM

damn that interior looks HOT! Thats how it should have looked like in the beginning!

doba_s · 05-29-2009, 12:08 PM

I don't see anything special about this car... I like the current model a lot better ...

and yeah ... talking about M-DCT being slow

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Power is transmitted to the rear wheels either through the six-speed manual gearbox featured as standard or through the optional M double-clutch gearbox with Drivelogic enhancing both the dynamic performance and the all-round efficiency of the BMW M3 all in one. In this case acceleration to 100 km/h comes in 4.6 seconds (six-speed manual: 4.8 seconds)

doba_s · 05-29-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Joey Babs

+1 WTF!!!!!!!! We need a CSL. I predict towards the end of the current gens life one might pop up. BTW that Scud in your sig is SICKNESS!!!!!!!!!!

It is not a Scud in his sig !

leeor · 05-29-2009, 12:11 PM

first special edition so soon... i feel theres much to expect in the future ahead

J08M3 · 05-29-2009, 12:28 PM

It's cool, but I wouldn't pay extra for it. Best part is the stitching inside, but all M3s should come stock that way. I'm sure it'll be way over priced

iatacs19 · 05-29-2009, 12:38 PM

How will they stitch the USA seat bottoms? LOL

Hula-Hula · 05-29-2009, 12:46 PM

I'll take one in dakar please!

FStop7 · 05-29-2009, 12:47 PM

Hopefully the 10mm drop suspension will become standard on all M3s as part of a running change to the model. The revised suspension that originally debuted on the ZCP "Comp Package" E46 M3 was eventually adopted as the standard suspension across the entire line, regardless of whether or not they were ZCP.

TTG · 05-29-2009, 01:01 PM

Individual paint alone costs $5K extra so, if the overall package is cheaper than that..... I am in for a Dakar Yellow.

Tallest · 05-29-2009, 01:16 PM

they could have thrown in performance steering wheel and those buckets..

vm · 05-29-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by quackbury

My guess is it will not even be offered in the US, as my understanding is every color leather interior needs to be separately crash tested. Thank you, bureaucrats.

I believe is not the color leather but the type. Standard M3 uses Novillo leather but the individual leather is Merino. I am speculating but this probably have to do with the side airbag mechanism in the seats.

808six · 05-29-2009, 01:24 PM

No Thank You

swamp2 · 05-29-2009, 01:37 PM

I found it interesting that BMW has definitely picked up on the black vibe very common in the M3 aftermarket domain, kidney grille, wheels, etc. Are the side gills black? Looks like the exhaust tips are as well. No M3 badge on the rear either - odd.

dragoljub · 05-29-2009, 01:40 PM

I don't know it seems like a random push to sell the rest of their M3s before the I6 Turbos come out. 99% cosmetic? Why would you get BMW to do your mods for you, that takes out all the creative expression...

positiveions · 05-29-2009, 01:41 PM

I am in. wait.... what are we in for.

Bottom line: CSL or nothing else.

dragoljub · 05-29-2009, 01:42 PM

I also love how they put WHITE leather on the ware areas of the car. On all arm rests and in the console, really who was thinking this stuff up?

MysticBlue · 05-29-2009, 01:42 PM

"Edition Model" seems a very odd moniker to add. Are we missing something in translation? Seems like an adjective is missing, like "special" or "sport".

iatacs19 · 05-29-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dragoljub

I also love how they put WHITE leather on the ware areas of the car. On all arm rests and in the console, really who was thinking this stuff up?

+1

jerseykid · 05-29-2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by swamp2

I found it interesting that BMW has definitely picked up on the black vibe very common in the M3 aftermarket domain, kidney grille, wheels, etc. Are the side gills black? Looks like the exhaust tips are as well. No M3 badge on the rear either - odd.

+1. I'm liking the shiny black kidney grille, gotta have that.

Technic · 05-29-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dragoljub

I also love how they put WHITE leather on the ware areas of the car. On all arm rests and in the console, really who was thinking this stuff up?

mkoesel · 05-29-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Technic

LOL, but then wouldn't he have just made them all Dakar Yellow?

Whose seen Monte Carlo Blue btw? Is that new? That makes three blues now available for the M3 (actually four if you count Jerez).

southlight · 05-29-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

Whose seen Monte Carlo Blue btw? Is that new? That makes three blues now available for the M3 (actually four if you count Jerez).

Monte Carlo Blue has been introduced with the X5 M and X6 M. The press pictures we saw of the X5 M show that color.

Best regards,
south

05-29-2009, 12:00 PM	#23
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dragoljub New Member 0 Rep 23 Posts Drives: BMW 325i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Santa Barbara iTrader: (0)	I also love how they put WHITE leather on the ware areas of the car. On all arm rests and in the console, really who was thinking this stuff up?
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MysticBlue Lieutenant Colonel 369 Rep 1,887 Posts Drives: '20 M5C, '09 M3 DCT Coupe Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Eastern Oregon... They call 'em rigs here iTrader: (0)	"Edition Model" seems a very odd moniker to add. Are we missing something in translation? Seems like an adjective is missing, like "special" or "sport".
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