Matthes posted some pretty cool pictures of their work on the BMW 3 Series. The tunning company offers high quality build using the best tuning part providers such as AC Schnitzer. Aside of the usual coupe and sedan work, they are showing a very cool station wagon ’germans style’: 21’ wheels, rear air diffusor, M package, full body kit and the double exhaust system. Wagon love, right there !
Hamann, the well-known German tuning company unveiled its latest tuning programme for the Bmw M3. In order to increase the power on the V8 engine, Hamann choosed to add first 20 hp and if the customers want to, the second level of tuning can offer 35 hp. In the first level the car is capable to reach 300 km/h while the second level can offer a top speed of 320km/h.
At the exterior, the tuner offers a sportive-dynamic front spoiler, rear skirt and spoiler, side skirts and the shapely roof spoiler. According to the manufacturer all the parts are offerred at a price starting from 2,400 euros.
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For the interior Hamann offers aluminium accesories like hand brake levers, gear sticks, pedals bring but also super-light carbon. Also the personalised floor mats as well as the hancrafted leather equipments bring a plus to the interior of the car.
The "Revolution" spot created by Austin-based GSD&M Idea City incorporates unprecedented technology to film the combustion process of a BMW M3 V8 engine without using computer generated effects.
Filming the process was not easy. Manifolds were cut, cylinders shaved, and lighting holes were drilled in three complete M3 V8 engines for Director Raf Wathion to use special cameras and lenses to capture the action.
The BMW M3 Convertible made its North American debut today at the New York Auto Show. It will go on sale at the US dealers starting this Spring at a price of $65,725. The Convertible version will be added to the M3 line-up made of the Coupe version sold for $57,275 and the M3 Sedan which starts at $54,575.
The move to eight cylinders in the fourth generation BMW M3 provides a powerplant offering the seemingly disparate characteristics of more power, increased efficiency and reduced weight when compared with the previous six-cylinder M3 engine. Displacing 3,999 cubic centimeters (4.0 liters), the new light-alloy engine produces 414 hp at 8,300 rpm and 295 pounds-feet of torque at 3,900 rpm with 85 percent of the maximum torque available consistently through 6,500 rpm. This power output represents a 24 percent increase over the six-cylinder from the last generation M3 and it comes with a seven percent weight saving. Compression ratio is dialed in to 12.0:1 and redline is set at 8,400 rpm.
Also in addition to the traditional 6-speed manual transmission, the new M3 convertible premieres a new 7-speed double clutch transmission specially designed for a high-rpm engine. The M double-clutch transmission with Drivelogic (M DCT Drivelogic) shifts gears without the slightest interruption in the flow of power. As a result, M DCT Drivelogic is able to extract the most performance possible from the car while also providing a smooth comfortable shift from one gear to the next.
The letter M offers something truly emotive to the motoring connoisseur. Since 1978 BMW GmbH has produced purist performance cars that tap into the demands and aspirations of customers’ ultimate driving experiences.
BMW M’s first car was also its only ever bespoke car. The M1 mid-engine sports car used a tubular spaceframe chassis and plastic composite body to save weight - steps that were ahead of their time compared to other road cars. Fast forward three decades and there have been 23 different models of M cars in the UK. From the M1 to the Z3 M Coupé and the M5 Touring, they are all unique cars, but each with the M DNA running through them; a pure engineering philosophy enveloped in a sporting design to make for the ultimate driving machine.
The BMW M3 Sedan went on sale in the UK this month and pricing start from £49,415 for the manual version and £52,005 for the M DCT version. BMW expects to sell approximately 400 in a full sales year.
The BMW M3 Sedan is powered by a 4.0-litre V8 premium unleaded petrol engine that delivers 420 bhp. It makes the 0 – 62 mph sprint in 4.9 seconds for the manual version and 4.7 seconds for the M-DCT, and both have a top speed limited to 155 mph.
BMW has announced at the Chicago Auto how its intention to compete in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) beginning in 2009. And the idea car to do it is a racing version of the latest generation M3.
On creating the racing version, BMW needed to make an already sporting car even more sporting. This task was accomplished using a BMW P65 race engine that delivers 485 bhp.
Also the race version of the BMW M3 is wider and significantly lighter than its production equivalent, enabling it to perfectly transmit the power of its V8 to the track. Widespread use of carbon-reinforced plastic (CRP) provides proof of substantial weight reduction. As with the production version, the race car’s roof is manufactured from this high-tech material.
The Ericsson BMW M3 M480 concept made its debut at the Tokyo Auto Salon. It is Ericsson’s one of the first creation. Next to it they unveiled the E60 M5.
With the body made out of dry carbon and titanium the concept has a weight reduction of 396 lbs. This next to a maximum power of 480 hp; will blow your mind.
Our German writer caught the M3 Convertible in the night! Even if the photo is not that good quality (was night after all!), the car looks amazing in red.
BMW revealed the first details about the M3 Convertible a few days ago. It is powered by a V8 engine (same as the Coupe and the Sedan version) that delivers 420 hp and a peak torque of 295 lb-ft at 8,400 rpm.
Acceleration to 100 km/h comes in just 5.3 seconds and the car continues to surge ahead with increasing power and performance as the driver keeps his foot on the gas pedal, all the way to the car’s top speed of 250 km/h or 155 mph, where the engine’s electronic control unit sets a limit to the ongoing speed and performance of this open-air athlete.
Hamann released the first details of their modified version of the 2008 BMW M3 E92. Hamann M3’s power has been increased to 335 KW (449 HP) and it can hit a top speed of 320 km/h >> read
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