Caporegime
Just not feeling it. The car looks fat.
Car looks great, does the M3, however my understanding is the engine has a few tweaks over the 335i/135i/235i engine - namely in the form of reinforced cylinder heads and a few odds and sods. It's a shame that the engine isn't as special as the V8 though
Car looks great, does the M3, however my understanding is the engine has a few tweaks over the 335i/135i/235i engine - namely in the form of reinforced cylinder heads and a few odds and sods. It's a shame that the engine isn't as special as the V8 though
Realistically how much is an M135i lease per year for 15k miles and more importantly the right spec? Auto please.
This is what I came up with. I can find sub £400 per month quotes for the M135i with standard spec, I can't find anywhere that will quote me with a changed spec.
My configuration: http://mybmw.co.uk/l0q4o7s2
On the road cash price £40,225
Its a lot more than that,
Some quotes below:
Among the technical highlights for the new BMW M division engine is its closed deck design for added rigidity. It also uses a spray coating instead of traditional cylinder bore liners for reduced weight. A forged crankshaft is also used for reduced rotating masses, which in combination with lightweight pistons......
.....Despite the similarities in specification between the new M3 and M4's engine and that of the earlier 1-series M coupe, Biermann, reveals the two engines share little apart from their bore and stroke measurements. "They are completely different, not only in construction but internally and their respective induction processes," he says, adding, "They're worlds apart......
......W's M division engineers have mounted the water-to-air interooler system for the turbochargers atop the engine instead of out in front, justifying the inclusion of a prominent power dome within the bonnet. Unique features such as a magnesium sump ensure the new engine weigh 22 pounds less than the naturally-aspirated 4.0-liter V8 direct injection gasoline unit it supplants at a claimed 452 pounds....
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130926/CARNEWS/130929883
No matter how you dress it up, it is still a Straight 6 and will sound like one. Yes it might provide better MPG and lower the tax bracket a bit, but you don't buy a BMW M3/M4 to be frugal. Maybe I am a bit of a luddite here, and the conversation we'd be having would be different if 6 cylinder technologies had come on far earlier than now.
Turbo GT3 RS next seems to be the rumour doing the rounds, worlds broken
Excuse me....
911 GT3 with a turbo?
I only have no idea what you are getting at its probably the most advanced straight six ever to be honest? And only a straight six? You realise most m3s have had straight sixes?
Actually, there are more M3's without straight six engines.
/pedant