German Car Zone

Haha, I think the tolls will have to wait

I think those €115,000 could easily soar, should the buyer get going on making special orders...

newest AMS got interview with Kay Segler:

ams : how much of these collecter's item want to sell you?
Segler : If we end with 99, I would not be unfortunate.

They are able to build 25-30 cars per year. Since the cars are built in Motorsport garage.

And M3 / E92 is somewhere in the middle of its lifecycle. So, around 100 units built is a reasonable figure / plan.

To me such figure shows the car availability is VERY limited. And I'm eager to see how many BMW aficionados are willing to pay 115+k Euros for such a car.

It sure is limited. But it is there

A limited run of 100 cars is fair as it would be hard for BMW to find more than 100 who crave a 115k 3-Series, especially when the fantastic 911 GT3 can be had for the same money. However, there are probably a handful of hardcore BMW enthusiasts, Nurburgring dwellers or wealthy car collectors who will happily buy this car. BMW will probably not be too obsessive over demanding figures for this car as it is more of an M-Motorsport enhancer than a product extension developed to boost revenue -- sort of like the CLK DTM which had an astronomical price tag but had no problems selling in quantities of 100 for the coupe and 80 for the convertible. It sold out in no time.

Let me guess, this internet forum trump card won't even be available in right hand drive.

I far, far prefer the regular M3 - heck, give it to me in E90 guise even - it's much more relevant to me.

Difference is, this will probably perform similar if not better than other 115k cars, while the CLK DTM is a super expensive dud.

Not happy with orange? easy to fix - make a paint job!

I drove 996 gt3 and 997 GT3 and RS on road did some slides on track.

Today have raced a 997 GT3 cup car.

I much much rather have the balance a bmw m3 have where you can manage the balance with on and off throttle. That s just so much more fun then a porsche GT3.

A porsche needs to be driven totally different.

Brake late steer into a corner wait wait wait wait wait (otherwise you have understeer)and at last you can floor the throttle again to power out of corners.

Driving with a GT3 cup feels like youre carry youre grandma in the back if you compare it to an M3 balance wise.

I am not gonna buy me GT3 ever
today i have found out it s not my cup of tea.

Times i drove with it was awesome i adapted to the gt3 drivingstyle within a few laps and doing the same times other porsche drivers did who have driven them for long time.

But i have more fun with an M3 drivingstyle wise on road and track.

So thats my point of view about the GT3.

It's good you waited then. I had an exam on the day of your 130i race in Assen, but when you have the GTS, I am coming no matter what.