BMW M3 Named Car and Driver's 10 Best for 20th consecutive year

Jason · 11-23-2010, 02:11 PM

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This year marks the 3-series' 20th consecutive 10Best win, a feat unmatched by any other vehicle on the market. We won’t call the 3-series perfect, but you know how there’s always one old lady at the bake sale whose recipe everybody wants? The 3-series is that car. The chassis balance is exquisite, with handling that encourages risky behavior but a ride that you wouldn’t feel bad subjecting your grandma to. The fluid steering weights up just right, the brake pedal bypasses the soles of your shoes and goes straight to your brain, and the manual transmission—should you be wise enough to specify it—boasts a shifter that knows its way effortlessly from gear to gear. Plus, all the 3-series’ goodness is available in coupe, convertible, sedan, and even station-wagon forms. Engine choices are a silky inline-six; powerful, turbocharged inline-sixes; and the M3’s screaming, 8400-rpm V-8. The 3-series is rear-drive dynamics perfected, or, for those in colder climes, all-wheel drive is available. The four-wheeler gets a little heavier and amends the 3’s near-perfect weight distribution, but the rest of its virtues remain. Other drawbacks? Only a few. The clutch needs more weight to better convey its takeup, and no matter the configuration, the 3-series is seriously expensive. But there’s a reason people will pay so much more for that one lady’s cookies. - via http://www.caranddriver.com/features...s_2f_m3_page_2

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lve2xlr8 · 11-23-2010, 02:45 PM

Let's pop a bottle

E90SLAM · 11-23-2010, 02:52 PM

awesome!

many can nick pick about the 3-series or brag about how much more equipped on other brands...but BMW knows how to make a great sports sedan/coupe/convertible/wagon....like the article said "the good old recipe"....

in the future there's more "variety" of the 3-series...such as diesel, alternate fuel, and maybe even hybrid to meet even strict environmental regulations....but the soul remains as a sports sedan/coupe/convert/wagon...

USC2000 · 11-23-2010, 02:54 PM

Awesome! I hope the 3 will continue the trend.

Ash83 · 11-23-2010, 03:06 PM

Nor_Cal_335i · 11-23-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lve2xlr8

Let's pop a bottle

+1

IND-Distribution · 11-23-2010, 03:21 PM

Long live the king!

hpowders · 11-23-2010, 03:21 PM

To C&D magazine:

A toast:

To life! To life! L'Chaim!!

Doctor J · 11-23-2010, 04:04 PM

Interested to see if the next gen M3 makes the list with the non-N/A motor

cmk227 · 11-23-2010, 04:12 PM

Cool article.

Good post... Way to go BMW.

Dntlvet · 11-23-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctor J

Interested to see if the next gen M3 makes the list with the non-N/A motor

me too

skierman64 · 11-23-2010, 07:10 PM

Everyone should have 2 or 3 threes.

mkoesel · 11-24-2010, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Doctor J

Interested to see if the next gen M3 makes the list with the non-N/A motor

The award covers both the 3 series and the M3. The F3x will almost surely make this list, regardless of the change back to an I6 for the M3. The wildcard in the equation might be the move completely away from naturally aspirated engines throughout the lineup, especially if the HPFP issues continue.

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