M3 review / previews compilation

[Jason]

* I will update this thread as I see new reviews posted. If you know of a review and it's not listed here, please feel free to contact me and I will add it to the list. Thank you.


Autoweek:
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../1024/PHOTOS01

Excerpt:

Gerhard Richter is reading our minds: How can the new, fourth-generation BMW M3 get close to matching the outgoing model? BMW’s M division boss has lived and breathed this car for three years and knows it better than anyone. He’s convinced it’s a step forward.

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Autocar Magazine review (July 2007):
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70730

Excerpt:

What is it?
If you’ve never heard of the BMW M3 then, frankly, you’ve clicked on the wrong website. If you have, you’ll know all about the car that’s done as much for BMW’s image over the past 20 years as all the rest of them put together (well, almost). And now there’s a brand-new version, the fourth all-new model since the original of 1986.

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Motor Trend review:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72000

Excerpt:

This is it. The car the BMW faithful have been waiting for. The 4.0-liter V-8 up front barks as the tach needle zings around the dial -- 6000, 7000, 8000 rpm. I grab fourth just before the 8400 rpm redline -- no, that's not a typo -- and turn into the fast right-hander.

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motoring.co.za review:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72725

Excerpt:

The new BMW M3 is a hybrid, albeit a very mild one. Its alternator, which supplies all the car's electrical needs, is driven by the engine only when the accelerator is lifted and the engine is being turned by the car's momentum.

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cars.uk.msn.com review:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74991

Excerpt:

What’s that beneath the power-bulging aluminium bonnet of the new M3, a V8? BMW’s four-seat super-coupé is potentially now closer to the performance of supercars than ever, and far removed from the four-pot original.

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The Car Enthusiast review:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73058

Excerpt:

Opinions are like arses; everyone has one. But sometimes it sounds like the former is coming out of the latter. This is especially true in the case of reviewing a car (a fairly inexact science at the best of times), in particular when a new model has been hyped up so much that expectations are incredibly high. The latest BMW M3 falls into this category.

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Motoring iafrica.com:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73059 (Part 1)
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73274 (Part 2)

Excerpt:

A cheeky power bulge on the bonnet has two little vents each side and it’s clear M has been in the gym. It looks like Superman rather than Clark Kent 3: flared arches, pimped sills, power bumpers and those four fat exhausts punctuated by typically BMW M wheels, among other touches like those neat door mirrors and stylish M-gills on its flanks. It all makes it quite clear what this is. Beware…

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Irish Times:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74990

Excerpt:

The birth of a new M car from BMW used to be something that was as rare as an honest politician. However the past few years have seen a flurry of new models from BMW's "Motorsport" division. M5, M6 and Z4M Coupé and Roadster have all been released as new cars over the past three years. But for many a diehard BMW fan, there is only one M car and that is the M3.

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Winding Road Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74666

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EVO Magazine (M3 vs. RS4):
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74095

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EVO Magazine (M3 review):
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74094

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CAR Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76812

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The Car Connection:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77374

Excerpt:

BMW has built two cars into one - a carefully progressive one and a balls-out racer with the electric, edgy personality usually found in borderline types. That split personality can be dialed out, or in, when you want. But long ago the M3 exceeded most drivers' talents. Is it better to go one way or the other, so long as you choose? If I had to, I'd opt for the more relaxed M3, with all the GT power I needed and none of the tense maneuvering brought on by some of the options.

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Australian Motor Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78695

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Chinese Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79703

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Car & Driver Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72117

Excerpt:

With V-8 competitors like the upcoming 451-hp Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and 400-plus-hp Lexus IS-F, and the 420-hp Audi RS 4, we’re leading up to one heck of a showdown—one that, based on our drive, the M3 has a very strong chance of winning.

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Australian Wheels Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80913

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Wheels Magazine:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81048

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Automobile Magazine (Oct. 2007):
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80995

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Autocar UK Magazine (August 29, 2007):
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80742

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Autocar Best Driver's Car 07 (video):
http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallp...AR=227669&CT=V

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Bimmer Magazine review:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83144