Best Looking M3s of All Time

regensburg94 · 11-15-2020, 07:16 PM

1 - e46
2 - e92
3 - e30
4 - f80
5 - e36
6 - g80

GotV8? · 11-15-2020, 09:59 PM

lol....ranking are very close for top 3..IMO...I actually did a poll of M models several months ago and allow people to vote and post pics...mine was moved to the General Forum by Admin.

G80indy · 12-03-2020, 08:50 PM

Yep it's an obvious choice
😀😆😉
E92 #1
Don't care about rest of the order

torrque · 12-05-2020, 03:20 PM

It is also not fair to compare sedans with coupe... I think M4 should be in the equation for F80, not M3.

Megabrode · 12-08-2020, 01:34 PM

Physical appearance is a component of virtually every relationship (a fact driven home, sometimes brutally, now that I'm dating again). Shallow? Maybe. Or just human nature. That said...

I've owned three M3 coupes, all at the time one generation behind: e36 (4 years), e46 (11 years), and e92 (4 years so far). During each period, my car is "the best looking" (just like my wives). Until my wandering eye kicks in.

With the G82 M4, we're all two generations behind. Strangely, though, my eye hasn't really wandered. Yet. The F82 M4 is like a date who just keeps talking. Never asks a question. Pretty? I guess so, but I don't think I could live with it. Though I haven't seen the G82 M4 in person, it seems totally over the top, like a self-centered dancer with too much personality and too much make-up. That face is shocking!

This doesn't mean a current 4-series variant won't grow on me. I may learn to love buck teeth — in the right total package. If, after driving the new M4, I'm impressed, then I might spend the $$$$ to strip off the make-up so it looks something like this M440i x-drive:

sachaja · 12-08-2020, 03:02 PM

Not sure i would spend 80k + on a G8X and hope the looks "grow on me" . Like the e60 5 series , I just passed by that generation and hope BMW fixes their mistake , or move on to something else that is more pleasing to my eye.

njdrive · 12-08-2020, 05:04 PM

1 e46
2 e90/e92
3 e30
4 f80
5 f80 in IOMG
6 e36

Mr. BMW · 12-09-2020, 08:05 AM

To each his own but I think that new grill is hideous! I wasn't a fan in 2006 when they changed the grill on the 330i to have the top be part of the hood but it grew on me after a while and I bought one.
There is no way this new grill will ever grow on me.
It reminds me of the Lexus cheese grater grill....

11-15-2020, 07:16 PM	#23
regensburg94 Second Lieutenant 91 Rep 208 Posts Drives: 2011 AW/FR M3 ZCP 6MT Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area iTrader: (0)	1 - e46 2 - e92 3 - e30 4 - f80 5 - e36 6 - g80
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11-15-2020, 09:59 PM	#24
GotV8? Captain 1051 Rep 836 Posts Drives: Jerez E92 M3 ZCP "12" Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: OHIO iTrader: (0) Garage List 1996 Honda Prelude ... [0.00] 2018 BMW F85 X5M [0.00] 2012 E92 M3 ZCP [0.00]	lol....ranking are very close for top 3..IMO...I actually did a poll of M models several months ago and allow people to vote and post pics...mine was moved to the General Forum by Admin.
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12-03-2020, 08:50 PM	#25
G80indy Save the Manuals 1714 Rep 2,937 Posts Drives: Z3, E46, G80 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indy iTrader: (0)	Yep it's an obvious choice 😀😆😉 E92 #1 Don't care about rest of the order Attached Images __________________ 2023 G80 6MT, CCBs 2002 330i Dinan, 5MT 2000 Z3 Conforti, 5MT
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12-05-2020, 03:20 PM	#26
torrque Banned 298 Rep 650 Posts Drives: Ferrari F430, E92 M3, 335xi Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Newton, MA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 Ferrari F430 [9.08] 2009 BMW M3 [10.00] 2008 BMW 335xi [0.00]	It is also not fair to compare sedans with coupe... I think M4 should be in the equation for F80, not M3.
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12-08-2020, 01:34 PM	#27
Megabrode He's experimenting with something... 335 Rep 261 Posts Drives: 2011 e92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shockoe Bottom iTrader: (0)	Physical appearance is a component of virtually every relationship (a fact driven home, sometimes brutally, now that I'm dating again). Shallow? Maybe. Or just human nature. That said... I've owned three M3 coupes, all at the time one generation behind: e36 (4 years), e46 (11 years), and e92 (4 years so far). During each period, my car is "the best looking" (just like my wives). Until my wandering eye kicks in. With the G82 M4, we're all two generations behind. Strangely, though, my eye hasn't really wandered. Yet. The F82 M4 is like a date who just keeps talking. Never asks a question. Pretty? I guess so, but I don't think I could live with it. Though I haven't seen the G82 M4 in person, it seems totally over the top, like a self-centered dancer with too much personality and too much make-up. That face is shocking! This doesn't mean a current 4-series variant won't grow on me. I may learn to love buck teeth — in the right total package. If, after driving the new M4, I'm impressed, then I might spend the $$$$ to strip off the make-up so it looks something like this M440i x-drive: Attached Images __________________ Analog 2011 e92 M3 \| Jerez Black \| Black Novillo \| 6MT \| CF roof \| No iDrive, Nav, M button, ZCP, EDC, or center hump \| ZHP shift knob \| OMP 1010 pedals \| K&N filter \| Dinan engine tune \| OEM exhaust mod (bypass) \| EAS exhaust tips \| shaved front bumper \| 19" Apex EC-7 \| 12 mm rear spacers
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12-08-2020, 03:02 PM	#28
sachaja Private 16 Rep 73 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Not sure i would spend 80k + on a G8X and hope the looks "grow on me" . Like the e60 5 series , I just passed by that generation and hope BMW fixes their mistake , or move on to something else that is more pleasing to my eye.
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12-08-2020, 05:04 PM	#29
njdrive First Lieutenant 96 Rep 301 Posts Drives: e92 ZCP Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Earth iTrader: (0)	1 e46 2 e90/e92 3 e30 4 f80 5 f80 in IOMG 6 e36 __________________ "…And the longer you deny yourself that M satisfaction the more unhappy your soul will be…. Get busy living or get busy dying and stop sweating the small stuff!" i001947
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12-09-2020, 08:05 AM	#30
Mr. BMW Major 261 Rep 1,389 Posts Drives: 2012 E92 M3 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 M3 [0.00] 2006 330i [0.00] 2018 Jeep Grand Che ... [0.00]	To each his own but I think that new grill is hideous! I wasn't a fan in 2006 when they changed the grill on the 330i to have the top be part of the hood but it grew on me after a while and I bought one. There is no way this new grill will ever grow on me. It reminds me of the Lexus cheese grater grill.... __________________ 12 M3 Interlagos Blue/Black 18 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Yeah, it's got a HEMI) 21 X3 Silver/Black(Wife's) 06 330i Monaco Blue/Black (retired) 02 X5 3.0 Topaz Blue/Black (retired)
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