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Originally Posted by erhanh
Not really. M3 is heavy and one of the reasons is that it has unnecessary features in it. So don't put those, and hey, it is lighter, and it costs less to BMW to manufacture. For the difference, they can put more aluminim and cf, make it even lighter and still sell it for 58k$..
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Yes some of the features in the M3 are unnecessary, and some are even a joke for a sports car - but this is what the general public wants, this is the Mass Appeal car for BMW. And one can always order the bare-bones M3 without heated seats and power seats.
But the demand for a pure M3 explains exactly why BMW can and should sell the CSL and GTS models - for the purists.
Unfortunately for most this is way out of their budget - so perhaps a legitamate gripe is that there is not a lightweight M3 between the standard M3 and GTS which would also fall in between in price range.
Also adding CF that would keep the M3 in 58K range is very unlikely given the cost of it. The only way BMW can add significant CF is to start mass producing that too, which appears to be the purpose of the next M3 (and possibly the showcase point of the e90 GTS).