So, if you're tired of having the money and nothing to spend it on, here's a worthy cause. This is a practical car that will behave like a normal one in almost any situation -- but with a power bump that tells everyone it's got Popeye's forearms when needed, and with the power, handling and glorious history to turn the sweet ride up to the mountain home into one worthy of a cherished memory.
Just remember one thing. The cognoscenti don't call this the M3 -- they call it the E92 (the first M3 was the E30, followed by the E36, then the E46 and now the E92).
That’s the internal designation for the latest M3 -- the most powerful M3 in history, the first one with a V8, the first one with adjustable suspension in street trim, the first one with fuel economy and emissions related gizmoids and, according to BMW, the fastest ECU in any production car -- 200 million calculations per second.
Whatever anyone else wants to call it, however, we have only one thing to say -- awesome!
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