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  | Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3                   Do push-button transmissions kill the fun? We put our bony butts in two examples of the future of push-button, high-performance driving. Summoning the Force to safely pick a champion, we headed for the coiled back roads of California and the corkscrewing ribbon of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The new BMW M3 is well-known to us and to you, now that you’re digesting our fourth—fourth! When will your letters pleading for more ever end?—comparison test of the M3 in 15 months. Like a solid Hollywood franchise, BMW’s ranking joy toy and its 414-hp V-8 fusillade have us churning out endless popcorn sequels. The M3’s lineup includes a sedan and a convertible, plus a coupe. Our coupe, base price $59,625, has silver-blue paint over rust-colored leather, with $13,895 in options. Almost all the boxes were checked, including the Premium, Technology, and Cold-Weather packs, plus the new $2900 “M double-clutch transmission with Drivelogic,” a $10 way of saying paddle-shifted seven-speed with programmable shift maps. Full Article: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 Video M
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| Re: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 Wow, 4.1 sec, 0-60, from Porsche is very impressive!
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| Re: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 That is fast but C&D are notorious for posting fast 0-60 times. For instance, they managed to do 0-60 in 6.2 seconds in the MINI Cooper S...
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| Re: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 Nice comparo! No wonder, I'll take the mighty M3 & rev this phenominal V8 to limits! 
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| Re: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 Yes, the M3 is the working class hero of the two. No doubt is it an over achiever but is it a whorthy alternative to a lower end 911?
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| Re: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 The Carrera S will annihilate the M3!
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| Re: Car and Driver - 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera vs. 2009 BMW M3 The M3 made the Automobile Magazine Allstar list (again, as for years), but there was really interesting observation made: As always, the competition for the 3-Series keeps getting fiercer, and, as usual, critics say the latest, greatest M3 is a bit to refined. But BMW's maserpiece of all-things-to-all-people engineering remains more fun than anything that's more practical and more practical than anything that's more fun. Brilliant way to put it IMO. M
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