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2016 F80 M3 vs. 2001 E46 M3
On the commute home the other day I drove past a German Motors shop that specializes in BMW's. They are only a few blocks away from me and on the route home so it's always worth rolling past and checking out what they have parked outside. On this day I was surprised to find a 2001 M3 in Laguna Seca Blue parked out front. It was a well loved E46 with a 6-speed manual transmission, leather heated seats, power sunroof, Xenon headlights, etc. Normal wear, 140k+ on the odometer and a for sale sign in the window. I had to pull over and snap a pic for comparison. You can really see the size difference between the model years in the photo. It's even more prominent in person.
BMW has sure come a long way in 15 years.
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crazy... the F80 has the dimensions of an E39 whereas the F10 has grown bigger and resembles a 7er.
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Weird camera angle, the front wheel on the F80 looks gigantic...lol. Much bigger than the rear wheel.
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I really like that LSB F80 M5
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Yeah the pic in panorama mode is tending to over-exaggerate the differences, basically distorting the front vs rear ofter the F80, but the current gen is obviously way bigger!
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Cool photo. The cars have grown of course. I agree that the camera angle is causing the F80 to look even larger. Check out the photo below - my F80 makes my E39 M5 look tiny, but in real life they are similar in size.
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No panoramic. Just an iPhone pic. There is a car to my right that so I couldn't capture the both cars straight on.
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Not panoramic. Just an iPhone pic. cropped out the top to meet the forum's pixel dimension limits.
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Still some distortion there in respect the other poster's comment.
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