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Originally Posted by MojorisinM3
OP: what was the competition in 01 to the M3? Hmmm nothing apples to apples... the mags had to compare it to a vette or boxter. So it had the crown all to itself.
Now everybody has a "M version" of their mid sedan so by default the gap is smaller. The RS4\MB\09 CTSV\S5 are all stellar cars in their own right, some of them do some things better than the M3 some dont.
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I find it odd that many of you state that the E46 ///M3 didn't have ample competition. Mercedes and Audi still had their performance variants available for which the ///M3 was compared to, and the CTS-V entered the fray in 2004 (..
first appearing at the 2003 NY Auto Show). The only difference now is that that Audi has a performance coupe (..
and conversely, BMW has a performance sedan..........again), and Lexus has entered the sports car market.
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Originally Posted by e46e92love
But as has been somewhat said before the M3 is built basically from the ground up.....
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The ///M3 has more similarities to the lower model 3-series than you assert to.
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built basically from the ground up" is a bit of an exaggeration.