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After this series there won't be a normally aspirated M car for sale as far as the eye can see. So anybody wanting a new car will either swallow the pill, or buy something else. Personally, I have my eyes on the base 991 (non-S). Quote:
My 335i was an excellent car, if you were to discount: - the open diff - the mechanical issues (wastegate issues, SW issues etc.) - the runflats - the dangerously high oil temps in spirited driving It certainly seems that these issues are fixable, so BMW has the chance to make it right. But if all they do is fix these issues, they will just end up with an excellent car - but an amazing car, like the current M3? I am not so sure (and would love to be proven wrong). But anyway, that discussion belongs in the future, some 2-3 years from now. In the meantime, and truly the bottom line for me, I enjoy my M3 much more than I did the 335i. Quote:
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Agreed I never said it was track ready car w/o mods..it would presume upgrading radiators.
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Different strokes for different folks.
I had a 335i and loved it until drove a V8 M3. End of story.
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First of all, we aren't talking race cars in this thread - it's the 335i compared to the M3. Second of all, the ones in your example aren't race cars. Third of all, Clarkson is buffoon. (I like him, but only because he makes me laugh). I have nothing against any of these cars - except of course that I wouldn't drive any one of them daily and that I cannot afford any of them (except perhaps the GT-R). I drove the GT-R and came away impressed but not in love - I thought its engine was very much like a beefed up N54 in terms of delivery & response and the whole experience came across to me as somehow artificial. Not for me, under any circumstances. If I could, I would take the 458 over all the other cars you've mentioned without any hesitation. While I would absolutely love to drive all of them as an experience, there is only one I would take home... Little surprise if you think about it, since the M3 is the most Ferrari-like of all the sports sedans out there (no disrespect intended for Ferrari). Quote:
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1. We all know the M3 is a better overall car than the 335i. I am not comparing a 335i to an M3; I am referring to a properly built turbod M3 (which may be the case in the next generation). I am mentioning this because I feel like FI gets a bad rep here amongst M3 owners; when some of the greatest cars on Earth are FI. I am just curious as to whether perceptions will change when the new one comes out and is done right... 2. I would take a Ferrari 458 over any car that I've mentioned as well. It is a car built with passion / pedigree like no other... but we can't compare the technology or capabilities of that car to an M3 (first off the Ferrari is 3-4 x more expensive), that is straight up foolish. Their 4.5 L V8 is direct injected, revvs to 9K, is mated to the worlds quickest DCT and makes 570 HP, more HP per liter than almost any engine in the world. Not only that but for what it's worth it's relatively torquey because of DI and 80% of that TQ is available at 3250 RPM. It's performance figures are even more astonishing given that it can run an 11.2@125 MPH 1/4 mile but then again that's why it's one of the best cars in the world and why it costs so much. In that sense even making the comparison is slightly foolish. 3. Consider what I said about the Ferrari which only weighs about 3200 lbs... Now consider the fact that some Japanese company that makes passenger cars (Nissan); creates out of next to nowhere an AWD car that weighs a tank heavy 3900 lbs with a turbo-6 and beats almost any car on the road for 90K (including the beloved 458); then when a few simple mods come into play; the comparison is over (let's remember we are talking about a 3900 LB tank here). There is something special to be said about that... We can talk all day about soul, feel and passion... but numbers, performance figures, value, and an overall package don't lie. I think BMW can do this as well in the next M3 (maybe not at that level but close) and that is nothing to be arguing about.
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Porsche, Ferrari and others (BMW to some extent) build cars for maximum enjoyment, whereas Nissan built a car to post amazing performance numbers. None of these expensive cars are bought purely for transportation, they are bought for the express purpose of entertaining their owners. While there are strong entertainment capabilities in the pure performance numbers a car like the GT-R generates, the way it goes about the bussiness of generating those numbers is somewhat dispassionate and artificial. Driver enjoyment takes a backseat to ruthless efficiency. So it turns out that many more people with the means are moved by very different factors and even at a significant cost disadvantage, more people buy slower Porsches than storming Nissans. Quote:
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I guess the Nurgburgring and top gear track lap times don't count at all? I guess dragging doesn't either? Let's not even get into modified cars for an extra $2000 bucks. The second paragraph and third paragraphs are ones that we'll leave solely at preference. I guess the ultimate 911 ever made (the 911 Gt2 Rs) doesn't count in your opinion either. That's it for me... you have your opinions, I have mine. We'll leave it at that.
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The other problem with driving fast street cars on track is their lack of safety features and what can happen to you if you crash. My M3 can reach over 150mph+ at Summit Point, a track I frequently visit, and should something unexpected happen at that speed I will most likely die. Having a street car that can reach 160 or 170 mph on the straights doesn't interest me, unless it has a rollcage in it. Interesting you've mentioned Nurburgring times - please study my signature pic and tell me if I could have had a GT-R in that picture, should I have purchased one. Quote:
I would be absolutely delighted if I could get another 50HP in the M3 for a thousand bucks, but somehow it is not a priority. Quote:
If I could get any track friendly car, it would certainly not be the GT2 RS which requires much bigger balls than I have, but rather the simple, garden variety GT3 or GT3 RS. Quote:
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One of the key reasons I'm getting the M3 is because of the engine. It's an engineering marvel to me, an amazingly capable NA engine. The other main reason is the outstanding chassis which is much better than that of the 335i. I've driven this car flat out, whipped it around an autocross, and driven it softly. This car is just so versatile and every mile feels better in it. So while I am pretty certain that the future more powerful and efficient M3 will have a lot of people trading their E9X for it (I won't but I'll be trading my 335i for it), I doubt very much this generation M3 will be forgotten "very, very soon". Repeating what I said in another thread, "...the current M3 still ends its time as a benchmark. It's engine is lighter and more efficient than that of the E46 M3. Do people still want the E46 M and older M cars? Hell yes. These cars are special... the E9X is the pinnacle of 25 years of naturally aspirated M3 engines."
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Chassis wise; it's not even worth comparing the 335i to an M3. The M3 is better in every regard x 10 in that sense. I am here to discuss the benefits of having an FI motor versus an NA one. I love NA motors and have nothing against them but at the same time BMW does not build one that satisfies me performance wise or TQ wise. Being that my car is my DD, I value TQ very highly and that's not to say the M3 doesn't have TQ it just doesn't deliver it like the N54 does. If it's a GM LS7 or the C63's large V8, then it's a completely different story because both of those cars deliver on both fronts. At the same time, I am sure you can see the disadvantage with having such large motors for daily drive ability (fuel economy and weight issues). I hope that you can see the advantages of a turbod motor on almost all accounts, more TQ, more Power, easier to mod and better fuel efficiency out of smaller and lighter motors. To truly see a proper M car with a turbod motor; go and drive the 1M... I have yet to see someone complain about it. If it's too slow; then tune it for a mere $500 extra. The reason I said the S65 in the current M3 will be forgotten is for the same reason that the previous inline 6 has nearly been forgotten. The performance standards of that particular car have been out shined by a non-M car that almost everyone drives. No; it's still not an M-Car but if the performance is there in a more fuel efficient, more torquey and more powerful with a simple tune package... then I am not surprised. The only thing the previous I-6 is currently good for is turbocharging as Horse Power freaks has done but the costs in doing that are incredible. My prediction for the V8 sadly to say is the same... it's performance will be soon be beat easily by many turbo'd cars of a lower class. At the point; the only thing left to say is that the engine has soul, sound and certain characteristics... but how much of that will everyone remember compared to performance figures? How many previous M engines do you remember as striking you as being intensely special? I can only think of the previous six which as I previously stated by todays standards is quite a bit sub par. I remember all of the protests against the V8 when it first came out, all of the discussion about how it is an engine that belongs in American drag cars and how it's not pure enough for an M car. Never in it's history did BMW M have such large motors in such little cars... I am seeing the same thing here in these protests against FI and for the most part it's laughable. Like I said, I'll be back to discuss this in 2014.
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I love the torque and fuel efficiency of the 335i. I agree that it has its advantages over the M3 as a DD. I recently suggested to a friend who could afford an M3 but clearly was looking more for what the 335i could offer that the 335i was for him. So I also don't get the hate for FI engines or turbocharging either. . My reason for adding to the discussion is that there are those who will measure the "value" of a car with different goalposts. The current M's engine is superb to me and the overall package of the current M3 will always be special to me. Same thing with the E46 and its outdated engine. Blue and Red.
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Times change and certain standards are expected... each M3 has been different and each M3 has evolved for the better; I think given the current climate; turboing is the obvious option.
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I don't have a problem with turbo, I would be very happy if next M3 is turbo V8. There is something special about a V8 engine, turbo or not.
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