Sakhir Orange F80 M3 Spotted

[georgere]

Originally Posted by Alpine F31

That looks tremendously good. I saw an M6 Gran Coupe in SO. Also amazing.

Wow, looks like the car drives itself. BMW is definitely 20 years ahead.

[mashimarho]

Look much better than the Austin Yellow or Blue.

[///MTUNED]

Originally Posted by smashhell

Monte Carlo Blue is my favorite color.
Too bad they won't have it on the new M4

My dawg Richie Pantinella @ BMW of Manhattan can definitely order you an Individual Monte Carlo Blau M4!!!!

[hyperboost]

i think this color looks better on bigger cars.

[Jockey]

Originally Posted by hyperboost

i think this color looks better on bigger cars.

Agreed. For that matter, so does Silverstone IMO.

[Koldun]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

I wouldn't disagree with you there, fair assessment as far as my personal preferences go.

I do think exterior wise alone, the e92 LCI ZCP is roughly equal in looks to the F80 M3 after seeing it in person.

Interior and performance wise its a blowout win for the newer M3.

I posted this elsewhere, but I'm repost here since it's on the same topic.

The new interior is overall definitely nicer, but it's a mixed bag. I like how they eliminated all the wasted space around the controls, the location of the knob is more convenient, and the new materials are top notch. I really like the new steering wheel, too. I like the E9X door compartments (seriously hate the new pedestrian-looking doors) and cupholders (gasp!) more, and I prefer the double hump to the iPad (less glare, less obtrusive, handy shelf for glasses), but otherwise the new interior is far more dynamic. The E9X was too bland inside for all black (hence my fox red), the new one looks good in black.

I may ED an F80 around LCI/ZCP time if reviews not only dispel my misgivings about the engine and EPS, but utterly demolish them. I'm not overly concerned with cylinder count (although 8 sounds objectively better than 6, I don't care what anyone says), and maybe I'm just a size queen, but it would be hard to go to a smaller engine than my folks' old Acura, regardless of how juiced up it is. Even the 4L of the S65 was too smallish for my tastes (we should have had the GTS 4.4, and the GTS should have just had the S85), but the overall package won me over. History may well repeat itself.

I also need to wait and see what kind of aftermarket cosmetic stuff shows up for the car. I am not fond of either the front or rear direct views. The Msport front bumper looks better to me than the F8X, so it definitely needs a nice aggressive lip to stretch out that blunt, squished nose (damn regulations! DAMN YOU OBAMAAA!!!!). The rear bumper will need a nice big diffuser to accent the otherwise boring exhaust (but hey, way better than the E9X giant metal nutsack you got stock or with MPE) and hide all that unnecessary shit on the bottom corners.

[Koldun]

Originally Posted by r3llik

Here my Wedding Car. Shakire is very beautiful!

The M6 is so hot.

Still not sold on the Sakhir Orange. I like it one moment, hate it the next. I really need to see it in person.

YM powder blue is absolutely disgusting. Are you driving a car, or a nursery?

[48Laws]

The front-end of the M3 is not the business.

[dimabimmer]

Originally Posted by ///MTUNED

My dawg Richie Pantinella @ BMW of Manhattan can definitely order you an Individual Monte Carlo Blau M4!!!!

BMW of Manhattan is the worst dealership ever!!!
- most expensive!!! don't look for deals there!
- they service over 200 cars everyday, too busy so mistakes do happen too often!

[Chill72]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

BMW AG has to test ALL the models(they make) for different countries(specs). I often see US spec cars/Werktestwagens being driven in Germany. You can always tell by the latest series of Munich plates they are using.

Nice, I have never seen any prototypes in my neck of the woods. But we also have less traffic here than Bavaria.

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Chill72

Nice, I have never seen any prototypes in my neck of the woods. But we also have less traffic here than Bavaria.

Well... you have to live in a an area(or near) where one of BMW's factories are located: since the test cars are limited to where they can refuel.

[nicebraces]

Originally Posted by 48Laws

The front-end of the M3 is not the business.

^^ +1 ^^ ... Not a fan either ...

[solstice]

Originally Posted by 48Laws

The front-end of the M3 is not the business.

I'm not a fan of front of the F30 at all. Worst aesthetics part of the car. The F80 looks a bit better as do the F32. The big upright grill on the F30 is a bit sleeker on the F80 and F32. A grill btw that to me looks worse in all black on the light colored cars. Way to big, brash and harsh. Best look to me is a black F32 M-Sport with black grill. It minimizes the issue and make for a more balanced mean look. I need to see the car in real life but I will likely order a black F80 with black grill to get this effect if I don't like the front of the F80 enough.

[jbockrd]

do not like the M3 at all especially in SO. I love the SO on the M6, I don't need the black grills/tires. Its classy with the lighter color wheels and grills. I saw the black wheels in person and the don't look as cheap as the ones in this pic, but the silver are much cleaner looking

[NAV8TT]

Originally Posted by nicebraces

^^ +1 ^^ ... Not a fan either ...

+100

[335twins]

Not my color, but overall the car looks good, is it just me but all cars (stock form) never look as good as in person?

[absoluteis350]

Looks ridiculous in my opinion... The grill is the only chrome on the car.. That is an appearance choice only a non attentive person would make. In addition, I agree, the black wheels look bad with the SO; something I suspected all along.

Finally, I have no idea what is going on with the aperture of the camera taking this photo, but the M3 proportions look FAR worse in these pictures than they did in the autoshow pix. The autoshow pix make me want to change my M4 order for an M3, but these pictures seem to show the M3 as ridiculously long and completely incorrect in its proportions... which then begs the question is the color hue correct....

[monkawekrue]

pretty sexy. nice find OP

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by ///MTUNED

My dawg Richie Pantinella @ BMW of Manhattan can definitely order you an Individual Monte Carlo Blau M4!!!!

Uh, anyone can. For about $5k.

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by Koldun

I I am not fond of either the front or rear direct views. The Msport front bumper looks better to me than the F8X, so it definitely needs a nice aggressive lip to stretch out that blunt, squished nose (damn regulations! DAMN YOU OBAMAAA!!!!)..

Have you seen the car in person? I'd be interested to see if you went to the show and saw it, as I think the front looks much better in person than in pics. The rear still looks blunt.

And unless Obama is somehow writing legislation in the EU, he has no bearing on the pedestrian impact regs driving nose design of european cars.

[psuibmw]

Nice color ... Too many good colors to choose from, YMB, AY, SO and more tough decision

[Bel-Tirid]

lool they look like shit, m3 and x1......ugly motherfuckers