Ive heard BMW will have a V8 in the new M3.
-When will it be released??
-How much horsepower?
-How much?

I assume it will have enough power to compete with a C6 corvette?

 

i heard 8cyl 375-385HP which is a 40-50HP increase over the 6's 333HP that they have now. dont know a release date though, sure it will be a sweet ride, m3 always is.

 

i'm waiting for it... it's between that and the x5... whichever seems more appealing to me once my evo has to be trailered everywhere

 

nope not waiting for it way too expensive

 

I hear that, If you want something bad enough, you can get it. No sleep just work

 

me is has to be over 400 to keep with there 100 per liter! get ur info right

 

I would think 400hp atleast. It's going to be the 400hp M5 engine.

 

The M5 is released in Europe already, but its a YEAR away from that for the USA. The M3 isnt even close to out in Europe yet, just to give you an idea. So you will be waiting quite some time for the V-8 M3, which will be called M4 BTW.
The M6 will be out sooner than the new M4 so start savin', its starts @ about a hundred grand. Oh. and expect the price of the forthcoming M4 to be about 15k more than the outgoing model or about 75- $80,000......

 

Its not the old M5 V-8 motor, in fact it is based on the new V-10, which is a totally different design that the current M-series V-8......

 

CarbonKiller is right - it will be a V8 based on the 5L V10 from the E60 M5; thus it will be ~4L as opposed to the S62 (4.9L V8) from the E39 M5.

However it is not certain whether it will be called the M4 or not.

The new E90 (new 3 series coming out in a couple months) is only just coming over and the coupe and cabrio generally arrive before the M version. I'd say at least 2 years. Personally I'm waiting for the Porsche Cayman (Club Sport hopefully).

 

^^ i agree ill take the cayman as well. i read its lapping faster then the 911 too.

 

too much $$ for me!

 

BMW is restoring the traditional odd=saloon/even=coupe naming system, but it wouldn't surprise me to see both an M3 and an M4 - the former being a four door and the latter a two door. The general consensus was that the M3 was close enough in performance to the M5, such that a four door M3 would siphon sales from the M5. I think the gap is big enough between the E60 M5/M6 and a future E90-based M3/M4 that both will likely appear again.

 

[QUOTE=WestSideBilly]BMW is restoring the traditional odd=saloon/even=coupe naming system, but it wouldn't surprise me to see both an M3 and an M4 - the former being a four door and the latter a two door.QUOTE]

They have abandoned the numbering convention and are staying with the status quo. Focus groups told them the change would be too confusing for consumers.

That being said, I am eagerly awaiting the new M3 and I will definitely buy one.

-chris (Former BMW Service Director and current BMW junkie)

 

Odd=saloon/even=coupe is too confusing? What kind of retards are they using for focus groups? And how on earth did iDrive ever get okayed with that level of intelligence making their decisions?