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02-17-2010, 11:01 AM | #1 |
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M3 Clubsport package?
Do I understand properly? So there was M3, then before facelift there was the M3 Edition, with facelift there is M3 Competition, and before new M3 F30 there will be M3 Clubsport? Does it mean the M3 might get M3 GTS parts (brakes, coilovers, exhaust, seats, intaike) or even M3 GTS engine?
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03-06-2010, 10:25 AM | #3 |
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I assume those last questions are rhetorical since no one knows yet, but anything is possible. I am still skeptical of engine changes, but who knows. Exhaust and brakes are good possibilities. Coil-overs, seats and intake are unlikely, IMHO.
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03-06-2010, 03:15 PM | #4 |
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Yesterday at the Auto Show in Geneva I spoke with some of BMW and they told me there will be a BMW Perormance CF Air Intake. I also spoke about Z4 M, and well, the way he answered me, I understood that "YES".
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03-06-2010, 03:59 PM | #7 |
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With all due respect to Levi, I think any talk of changes or introductions BMW will make to the E9x M3 in MY12 at this point is pure speculation. Case in point: Last week, the M1 was all but confirmed to come out later this year, but as of yesterday, that's no longer the case. Furthermore, the speculation regarding a power boost in '12 stemmed from the fact that the M1 was going to be uncomfortably close to the current M3 in terms of performance. With the M1 getting nerfed into a 135is, BMW retains a healthy performance gap between it and the M3. And any power to the E9x M3 might upset the 100+ people who paid through the nose for an M3 GTS, many of which probably won't be available for delivery until the MY12s start rolling out of the factory.
Let's put the brakes on rumors until we start hearing it from more reliable sources with more frequency.
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-68.350 € for M3 -72.650 € for M3 Competition -80.000 € for M3 Clubsport 115.000 € for M3 GTS 102.590 € for M3 "fully loaded" Last edited by BMW269; 03-06-2010 at 04:38 PM.. |
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03-06-2010, 04:59 PM | #9 |
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Weird, I thought the GTS would fill the 'clubsport' role
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03-06-2010, 06:13 PM | #10 |
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the e46 m3 CS (clubsport) was a halfway house between the regular M3 and the hardcore CSL. the GTS is actually even more hardcore than the CSL, since its been marketed with a rollcageand fire extinguisher etc.. in all the press shots. They've clearly aimed it as a pure trackday machine, whereas the CSL was still designed with road use in mind. the CS had the improvements in suspension, but without the need for the C.F. roof and carboard boot liner etc.. So the GTS isnt a replacement for the M3 CS. But, read about what made the M3 CS different from the regular M3 http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...50/bmw_m3.html And the upgrades made available for the M3 CS had already been sold as ... The competition package. Which is exactly what BMW have just announced in geneva. If BMW do an M3 Clubsport, it will just be an M3 with the competition package and maybe a BBK and the odd tweak here and there. In exactly the same way BMW was worried about upsetting CSL owners, i can see them doing the same with the GTS owners and not releasing the 4.4 engine to the regular M3. RS5 or not. Last edited by MrLOL; 03-06-2010 at 06:18 PM.. |
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Ferrari 599XX is claimed to run Ring under 7:00, ordinary 599 GTB making about 7:47. That's figure to compare.
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Porsche 911 GT2 7:32.02 (2008) Porsche 911 Carrera GT 7:28.71 Nissan GTR -- 7:26.7 Chevy Corvette C6 ZR1 -- 7:26.4 Ferrari Enzo -- 7.25.3 Dodge Viper ACR -- 7:22.1 Levi, I'd be interested to hear more about the Z4 M. If this is true then the M division has started singing a different tune of lately.
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03-07-2010, 04:41 AM | #15 | |
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I am fully aware of times you mentioned. The figures are the best source to estimate GTS performance. Since the specs are still to be confirmed, final performance is of course unknown. BMW has been pulling out about 500 hp from the engine, but who knows what's the final power? Some comparison: Ferrari 599 GTB 7:47 - 599XX slightly under 7:00 (Source: Ferrari) F430 F1 7:55 - F430 Scuderia 7:39 E46 M3 8:22 - E46 CSL 7:50 E92 M3 8:05 - E92 GTS 7:30 Agree? The difference between basic and GTS M3 is way much closer to 599 and 599XX than E46 M3 and E46 CSL. GTS is, as far as the information obtained from the reliable sources stands correct, a real racecar for the road. It costs double the price of original car and is not a "clubsport" version like F430 Scuderia that, even at 1/3 higher price than base car, cuts almost 20 seconds from Ring time. So, I'd say that BMW has failed if GTS don't make Ring 7:35 or better. 7:30 sharp sounds like a good target and cutting that might slightly exceed expectations.
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this is my point. If you get a CS, it will just be a car with the ZCP package already added a few other bits and pieces. the "clubsport" has always been a "warmed up" m3 with minor tweaks, rather than a hardcore special edition like the GTS / CSL. The OP is speculating that this "club sport pack" will mean GTS parts and maybe the 4.4 V8 out of the GTS. It just wont it will just be the M3 with the cometition package and a few minor tweaks like the E46 M3 Clubsport was. I presume you never got it in the US ? everything else they've done on the E92 M3, has mirrored the E46 (no front end refresh at the LCI for example) so i see no reason for them to break the trend now. |
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And the author of that old CS article was incorrect in stating that the CS -or even the CSL- wheels were forged. Both wheels were spun cast. Unless BMWNA takes the Clubsport name as a distinct version (extra "racing" features) of the M3 in the USA then it will continue be the ZCP here in the USA. |
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Nice! I hope they come through with this.
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Well, the M3 is 'uncomfortably close' to the M6 (or even better, by some accounts) in performance, so even if true that means nothing .
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Also people need to stop living as if its the year 2002. The competition has caught up. Straightline or not, people are going the C63 route because it has a lot more power and 90% of the owners out there will never take their cars to the track anyway so straightline performance is all that matters to them. If they released the 4.4l engine, i'd be at the dealer the next day and i'm sure i'm not the only one. Yeah, there will be a lot of angry owners, but so what? Its a business and businesses are hurting right now. |
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What I think will happen is no clubsport, M division will invest resources in the next M3 and intro that asap, prob 2013. They want to be greener and leaner to match other car makers.
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