Take three of the most dynamic and powerful V8 saloons, add water, sprinkle a liberal helping of DR editors and shake in a sideways motion. Then serve within an 18 minute feature video with an in-depth review of how they drive on the twisty roads of Wales. [Click image below for video link] Follow this...
We’re going small-muscle-saloon crazy in a couple of weeks. A C63 with the sport pack (that includes an LSD) will be joined by a Lexus ISF and our long term M3 saloon. It’s a pretty straight-forward contest really, but there are two things we need from you guys. 1) Your usual feedback in terms of...
This vid of a new M3 racer has been doing the rounds the past few days. Despite looking despicably sexy, it might not be the ALMS entry some people are speculating about. See Video Word on the street is that the ALMS won’t allow BMW to enter an M3 into the series because it isn’t...
Funny how there seems to be an M3 at every set of traffic lights I pull up to or every roundabout I’m waiting to join, and yet seeing an E60 M5 is still a very rare treat. You’d think after an M3 it’d be natural to trade-up to an M5 – but that clearly isn’t...
I feel bad. The M3 is meant to be a nice, usable and exciting everyday road car – but I can’t stop taking it on the track. In fact I seem more drawn towards trackdays with this car than any other I’ve ever run. Perhaps it’s because the M3 is so capable that you can...
I don’t know about you but if I see another bloody ‘in-depth investigation’ of the ‘credit crunch’ on the TV I think I’m going to throw it out of the window. The constant scaremongering has undoubtedly started to gnaw away at everyone’s confidence – and of course it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Combined with the frightening...
It’s been an epic couple of days for the M3 and this trip to the Nurburgring 24-hour race has really shown just what a versatile car it is. The long autoroute and autobahn trip down to Nürburg was despatched with a quiet calm. The ride (on the softest of the damper settings) is excellent, the 4-litre V8 is subdued...
It became clear pretty quickly that DR was going to need a proper MPV. Something that could function as a fast and practical chase car for grouptests; something that could transport us across Europe (mainly to the ‘Ring it seems!) in comfort and then go like a madman when we arrive; in short something that...