Friday 5th September 2014

M3 GTS vs C63 Black: Pic Of The Week

Chance encounter between two super rare, super rude German heavyweights captured for your desktop

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Dan organised a bit of a meet-up for owners of C63 AMGs recently, one attendee turning up in a rather lovely Black Series coupe. With just over 60 in the country and a couple of those snapped up by Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands for customer experience sessions the Black is a rare sight on British roads, even if Harris reckons it works rather well there.

But we also had an unexpected gatecrasher and one rare enough to put even the Black Series in the shade - an M3 GTS. There probably aren't even 10 of these in the UK but in mindset and execution it's the perfect Bavarian riposte to the thuggish AMG.

So, two of our favourite cars taken to their absolute extremes. Next time this happens we need to make sure we have a track on hand... For now here's the moment captured for your desktop.

Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone, etc)

Photos: Chris Teagles

[renaultgeek]

did somebody forget POTW last week?

[MagicMike]

The M3 GTS turned up, and drove straight off again. Didn't really hang around to hear our opinions for some bizarre reason......

[SPiston]

Great pic!

The Gladiators ....

[ST150HB]

M3 looks amazing!

[P4ROT]

Amazing picture, but unfortunately the resolution is not high enough for my 27" iMac- is there a larger resolution version available?

[thatguy11]

God I would give my nut for an M3 GTS as a weekend/track car...

[soad]

renaultgeek said:

did somebody forget POTW last week?

It's there: Pic Of The Week

[soad]

I'll take the orange one, please.

[foxhounduk]

why is the tax disc for the M3 in the middle of the windscreen?

[TB Rich]

2 of my favourite cars right there! Just bought a C63 Black on Forza Horizon, not quite the same but probably as close as I'll ever come to driving one

[pwafer]

MagicMike said:

The M3 GTS turned up, and drove straight off again. Didn't really hang around to hear our opinions for some bizarre reason......

The GTS turned up shortly after we did and was still there when I left, it was parked behind the Topcats trailer so it didn't spoil the C63 photoshoot.

Epic car and as much as I love the sound of my C63, the GTS has a spine tinglingly nice engine note... (and I've owned a vanila E92)

[birdcage]

Was THIS close to buying a GTS. even phoned chap to leave deposit who wasnt there but bought a grey 997 GT3 instead after a last minute change of heart.

Having owned three CSL's I still think about what a drive it must be but discreet it is not

[Killer2005]

I do love the GTS, it has the slightly mental thing about it, plus a ludicrous colour

[Richair]

Stumbled across an M-Power showroom-cum-visitor centre type place in Brussels a few weeks place and parked up amongst many contempary cars were an M3 GTS and the Piquet M1 (they had an i8 too but that didn't really interest me). Damn the GTS is a nicely detailed car and in flesh really does look like a race car for the road; it didn't take too long to see where the 100% price premium was spent...

Nice POTW PH.

[estoril]

foxhounduk said:

why is the tax disc for the M3 in the middle of the windscreen?

Probably for the same reason that I put mine in the middle - it doesn't obscure any of the road ahead....

[Danm1les]

The merc is so cool and a friend of a friends, who I need to make a friend so I can go for a spin in it!

Makes an epic noise as it drove past me the other night

[foxhounduk]

estoril said:

Probably for the same reason that I put mine in the middle - it doesn't obscure any of the road ahead....

surely it more intrusive slap bang in the middle of your field of vision?!

[TB Rich]

foxhounduk said:

estoril said:

Probably for the same reason that I put mine in the middle - it doesn't obscure any of the road ahead....

surely it more intrusive slap bang in the middle of your field of vision?!

The position it is on the GTS in the pic would fail an MOT wouldn't it, I mean a stone chip in that location looks like it would result in a failure to me?

[cteagles]

TB Rich said:

foxhounduk said:

estoril said:

Probably for the same reason that I put mine in the middle - it doesn't obscure any of the road ahead....

surely it more intrusive slap bang in the middle of your field of vision?!

The position it is on the GTS in the pic would fail an MOT wouldn't it, I mean a stone chip in that location looks like it would result in a failure to me?

It is behind the rear view mirror so it does not obstruct vision at all. The angle of the photograph makes it appear much lower than it is.

[Finlandia]

cteagles said:

TB Rich said:

foxhounduk said:

estoril said:

Probably for the same reason that I put mine in the middle - it doesn't obscure any of the road ahead....

surely it more intrusive slap bang in the middle of your field of vision?!

The position it is on the GTS in the pic would fail an MOT wouldn't it, I mean a stone chip in that location looks like it would result in a failure to me?

It is behind the rear view mirror so it does not obstruct vision at all. The angle of the photograph makes it appear much lower than it is.

I once had my car fail because a transponder was placed between the rear view mirror and the inner roof lining, the really stupid thing is that the window is totally blacked out in that area anyway.