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another M3 first: The F80 weighs less than its predecessor. The diet was more than just trading high-calorie steel for low-cal aluminum and carbon, though plenty of both are employed. BMW trimmed ...
The two turbos hanging off the F80 M3's 3.0-liter ... On K&N's dyno, the M3 put down 379 horsepower at 6600 rpm and 378 lb.-ft. of torque at 4300 rpm. BMW rates the engine at 425 hp at 5500 ...
It’s probably fair to say that BMW sees the current F80 M3 as the fully weaponized version ... Lighting (adaptive full-LED headlamps and auto high beams, $1900) and Executive (heated steering ...
BMW will pull the plug off the F80 M3 in August, not in May as originally reported, but still earlier than originally scheduled, due to Europe’s upcoming stricter emission regulations.
The six-speed stick remained the standard transmission and in 2022, AWD became an M3 option for the first time. 2024 BMW M3 ...
As I find out through a wet track day and a 2000-mile road trip, the F80 M3 (and ... in BMW-speak) changes the driving experience. In numbers, it makes 406 lb-ft of torque at 1500 rpm -- 111 ...
From the fine-handling E30 original to the sensational V8-powered E90, there wasn’t a generation of M3 that didn’t hit the spot. And then along came this, the no-E-numbers-please F80.
One consolation for the loss of the E92 M3’s screaming naturally aspirated V8 engine was the sheer performance of its forced induction replacement. The F80’s 3-litre twin-turbocharged ...
That’s right, according to a leaked production chart, the F80 M3 will be getting ... will also get LED headlamps that are now available on almost all models in BMW’s range.
Just as we thought, since BMW invited journalists to go for a ride inside the new BMW F80 M3 and BMW F82 M4 ... engine will sit somewhere above 7,500 RPM. In order to achieve such numbers not ...
While the F80-generation BMW ... led a commentator on the Bring A Trailer auction to suggest this was once a press car. While we can’t verify that, a quick search reveals there were at least two ...