This will likely also be the last NA V8 M car you can buy with a proper (manual) box. This I find quite sad, I suspect all future M3s will be turbocharged autos.

I was close to changing my E39 M5 for the E90 M3, and apart from top end engine performance / noise, there was no other aspect I preferred. I didnt drive it long enough to get a good idea of mpg, but if you want economy dont get a v8.

Certainly not different or better enough to justify sinking an extra 20k into a car that has less space, torque and admitedly rust. New front wings, and a new boot lid will fix this, to tidy up the old girl.

Honestly get an E6x for similar cash and there really is no comparison between the two. Drive the M3 first and then jump into the E60/61 and hit the M button, unleash all 507 horses and just get a feel for the SMG.

Exactly, never understood that, it's horrid. That's why I bought a Coupe

Yep, 997.1, been told to only consider the 3.8 S too. For my money that means 2005 latest compared to a 2009/10 M3. Though the mileage in most ads seems low so hardly used (of course if they're all track miles it's a different matter!). OPC cars with their 2 yr warranty are available which helps but it's still an oldish car, albeit of great quality.

It's a good call, the chance to own such an iconic car appeals and it's bottom of a much more expensive range not top of a cheaper one. I do worry about what an M3 wil be worth in 4 years when it may have entered the chav zone though buying on a dealer PCP does protect somewhat. And those jibes about being in my 40s and buying a Porsche will just need to be brushed aside!

Decisions, decisions...

The saloon does look a bit better. It's a bit more 'muscular', to quote the vernacular that Peugeot were so fond of using when they still made good cars.

Standard for standard the Coupe is MUCH better looking IMO; not only is the E90 rear end absolutely horrid with the pre LCI taillights, but also IMO the E92 front end doesn't suit it at all. The E90 is a more chiselled, aggressive shape whereas the E92 coupe is a flowing, sculptured shape. The elegant rounded front end of the E92 doesn't mesh with the rest of the E90 at all.

Oddly enough I think it looks great on the E91 on the few conversions I've seen though. The post LCI E90 M3 is also a very good looking car; still no match to the coupe though, especially in Imola red.

Wow. Those gloves are pretty... YMCA

The M3 has a lot of kit as standard, to be fair. I have a DCT with Competition Pack which includes EDC, 19's, adaptive lights, telematics and I weighed my car at 1624kg at the local weighbridge. It had about 10 litres of fuel in the tank - so I think the quoted weight also includes a full tank of fuel.

for a 4door saloon car and a 25k budget I would take a c63 over the M3 any day. Looks better, is faster, more comfortable, one of the best sounding cars ever, only downside would be fuel economy

1625
75 (you-ish)
30 (40l fuel)

1730 as a comparison to the figures above