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      04-09-2012, 02:18 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by jaehshim View Post
Anyhow, every generation is unique, like the shockingly sporty E30 M3, first silky smooth inline 6 E36 M3 (with first sedan availability), the "Raw" inline-6 most popular E46 with first SMG, and even lighter yet more grunt V8 engined E90/92 M3. And the next one will be a "turbo monster" 6 cylinder M3.
It just makes every generation of M brand unique and worthy of collecting as a benchmark practical sports car.
I just hope that the "practical" part is kept in the next turbo version.
For everywhere but the US, the E36 M3 had 286 and then 321hp from the 3.0 and 3.2L I6's (with a similar redline to the S54 in the E46 M3) and they had SMG too. So while the E46 was marginally improved over the E36, it was a much, much smaller improvement than any other generation and many folks prefer the E36 dynamics to the E46.
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