M3 delivered early in Abu Dhabi

[cringle]

seems as though having deep pockets can speed things up a bit!

http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2014/4/24/First-2015-B...

[rm163603]

Liking the carbon strut brace!

[csmith319]

Have a look at bimmerpost.com - they've got the full write up - the guys got a few M cars and gives his early view (which suggests it's pretty amazing)...

[Schermerhorn]

The saloon leaves me feeling underwhelmed. The coupe on the other hand looks awesome.

[Rick448]

Schermerhorn said:

The saloon leaves me feeling underwhelmed. The coupe on the other hand looks awesome.

I actually prefer the saloon but each to their own I guess. I'll definitely be ordering one next year

[Stu R]

Blimey, not seen an engine bay look quite so ugly since I looked under the hood of the mrs' Kia.

Not that engine bay aesthetics matter one jot.

Nice car though, love the orange interior.

[Emeye]

Looks a mess IMO, especially the rear. Yuk.

[steakandchips]

Looks remarkably like a slightly shrunken M5. All the same style cues both outside and especially inside.

S&C

[Schermerhorn]

cava said:

Schermerhorn said:

The saloon leaves me feeling underwhelmed. The coupe on the other hand looks awesome.

Similar thoughts to me, although I don't like the coupe much either! Over-styled in my opinion. And that engine isn't too pretty, even with the carbon boomerang.

On the plus side, hopefully they'll kill the second hand values of E92s

This too is my secret wish!

[cosworth330]

I thought the M3 saloon on the front of this months Car magazine looked great. Liked the M4 also but a saloon car is more useful to me.

Simon.

[bob1179]

Is it me or does the rear wheel arch just look a little odd?

Maybe it is just the angle of the car in the pictures.

[Timbergiant]

For all the M4 and 3 are pretty much the same the 3 does seem awfully Lexus-like from the rear :/

[Martin_M]

Lovely!

[Hunky Dory]

I expected it to have a unique steering wheel, but it appears to have one the same as on AN Other M sport 3 series. Is this usual, as it seems a bit disappointing to me?

[Wills2]

Hunky Dory said:

I expected it to have a unique steering wheel, but it appears to have one the same as on AN Other M sport 3 series. Is this usual, as it seems a bit disappointing to me?

IIRC that's been the case for a while, differences are the stitching and the M buttons and the f80/2/3 wheel is made from magnesium so I've read.

[CarAficionado]

Strange - when are the first F80 M3/M4 being delivered to UK customers ?

[R5YUP]

Emeye said:

Looks a mess IMO, especially the rear. Yuk.

Agree with the rear completely - very messy.

That aside though, think it looks good, shame they don't do a Labrador Touring version - I'd be all over it.

[anonymous-user]

I really like the 4 door M3 much better than the M4 imho

As they both share the same front bumper, it has to be said that it is way, way too fussy. As mentioned, it just looks overstyled

[Cheib]

Informal marketing with the help of one very enthusiastic owner ? Can;t see why else BMW would release a car this early....

[GroundEffect]

Stu R said:

Blimey, not seen an engine bay look quite so ugly since I looked under the hood of the mrs' Kia.

Not that engine bay aesthetics matter one jot.

Nice car though, love the orange interior.

All driven by charge air temperatures. That curvy strut brace purely down to the placement of the WCAC. We're benchmarking this engine system for some of our future stuff. They have some neat ideas but nothing profound. Expensive system too.