CAR magazine UK reveals official details of the refreshed G20 BMW M3 with pictures, specs and more
It’s update time for the BMW M3 and, as well as a visual nip and tuck and some tech upgrades, it also gets a power boost for the Competition models.
For the UK market, we still only get the Competition models, which benefit from a small power boost over the pre-facelift. The ‘old’ M3 Competition featured a 503bhp/479lb ft straight-six capable of a 0-62mph sprint time of 3.9 seconds and a performance-tuned version of BMW’s eight-speed auto. The new, 523bhp post-facelift model sprints to 62mph in 3.5sec in saloon form, or 3.6sec in Touring form. As before, the M3 is auto-only in the UK market.
‘This was the plan from the start,’ affirmed engineer Wolf at the original launch. ‘The M5 is in a torque and horsepower range where you can hardly find any advantages for a rear-wheel-drive version. In the case of the M3 and M4 we are not quite in that range. We see some situations where you might be better off with rear-wheel drive. This makes the choice the M3/M4 customer has now as perfect.’
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