F80 M3 / F82 M4 Spy Photos, Videos, and Facts/Rumors Compilation

[Kinder]

I think what he said was more like : "if you want *sound* just put an aftermarket exhaust on your car", most owners here do that anyway...

[Tåst]

Originally Posted by Levi

Comparing stock exhaust with aftermarket exhaust?

Yes, I compare, because F80 M3 has not released yet, or there dont have sound check on indoor conditions, but you see the point. If manufacturer want made car sound like beast on stock it is possible also when using (N55) I6 layout, just think that S55 revs almost thousand revs higher, its huge jump when compare engine sounds.

[solstice]

The Ghibli will likely have shoddy fit and finish, be useless in colder climates and need a punch card at the service department with new electrical gremlins and pieces falling apart faster than you can get home from a visit BUT it will sound absolutely fantastic, with a raw, racy tune that will catch your attention and make you smile. Do I want the new M3 to sound like a Maserati? Yes, please. Do I want a Maserati? No thanks.

The N54 and N55 has this nice muted growl signaling effortless power with a my bite is much worse than my bark persona. The F80 however seems loud in the wrong way, it sounds like a loose blaaaarp like a tuner fart can. It doesn't seem to have that raw, racy high pitch like the Ghibli seems to have. Maybe the sound of the F80 is just part of the camo. And yes it's from a camcorder from a distance but when the E90 M3 was in the same footage it sounded great as usual.

[RMB]

Anybody hear of any new information? Any tid bits or info for all of us M addicts? Come on, somebody gives us an M3/M4 hit!

[BMW269]

Originally Posted by RMB

Anybody hear of any new information? Any tid bits or info for all of us M addicts? Come on, somebody gives us an M3/M4 hit!

What information? You mean confirmation?

V6
< 1.500 kg
= 450 PS
< 3.8 sec (0-100 kph)
< 7:40 min (N-Ring)

[RMB]

Confirmation would be perfect. Sure, something definitive and concrete. Hell, just release the product.

[Tåst]

Originally Posted by Levi

What information? You mean confirmation?

L6
< 1.500 kg
= 450 PS
< 3.8 sec (0-100 kph)
< 7:40 min (N-Ring)

Now looks better, they already confirmed Inline six configuration, everything else are rumors.

[RMB]

Originally Posted by Holander

Now looks better, they already confirmed Inline six configuration, everything else are rumors.

+1

[Tåst]

Sorry if this is already posted...but is it just me who spot that M3 Coupe sound different(Listen time 1:55 and 2:28) compared to M3 sedan(2:20)?

[RMB]

Great video and thanks for posting. It does seem to sound a little different, but it is really tough to tell. I don't know if I can tell a difference. The X5M sounds good!

[BMW269]

Originally Posted by Holander

Sorry if this is already posted...but is it just me who spot that M3 Coupe sound different(Listen time 1:55 and 2:28) compared to M3 sedan(2:20)?

No it is not only you. Some others that saw the vid also tought that F82 and F80 sounded differently. I too think that way, and for me F80 sounds like V6 and F82 sounds like I6. The thing is that in production both will get the same engine, and if we has not got the engine confirmed, within BMW the choice was already made. So there are three possibilites to this:

1. Both F80 and F82 have I6
2. Both F80 and F82 have V6
3. F82 does not have production engine, but tests another engine (N58?) in F82 chassis.

[Kinder]

Originally Posted by Levi

No it is not only you. Some others that saw the vid also tought that F82 and F80 sounded differently. I too think that way, and for me F80 sounds like V6 and F82 sounds like I6. The thing is that in production both will get the same engine, and if we has not got the engine confirmed, within BMW the choice was already made. So there are three possibilites to this:

1. Both F80 and F82 have I6
2. Both F80 and F82 have V6
3. F82 does not have production engine, but tests another engine (N58?) in F82 chassis.

Or they are just testing different exhausts, to find the production one?

[Tåst]

I spot that exhaust note is pretty same (2:20 and 2:28), but I hear intake noise on Coupe version, listen how it scream when drivers pull full gas. Sedan is quiet, before car passing off the camera and you hear exhaust note. Or is it just gear rations, Sedan is manual.

[Holset]

Originally Posted by Holander

Sorry if this is already posted...but is it just me who spot that M3 Coupe sound different(Listen time 1:55 and 2:28) compared to M3 sedan(2:20)?

Great find!

The F82 definitely seems to rev higher and sounds more aggressive i do like the sound it makes.

[solstice]

Sigh, unless the exhaust is camo'd it's going to take a while to get over the E90 for sure. That is not a good exhaust note, oh well the rest of the car will just have to make up for this loss, and I think it will

[Ringer]

What the fuck is wrong with BMW?? Are they serious..??? WTF for the second time..?? Well as i understand i will have to search to buy the other two gens too (E36 and E92). The people in Munich are going crazy for sure............

[Transfer]

Those two cars in the vid probably have different exhaust and/or intake setups. It has to be the same engine. Also the F80 driver isn't redlining (probably staying in the powerband) as the F82 driver is.

[BMW269]

To say the truth I don't hear any engine sound, only wind and tires.

[zuggerat89]

I hear a difference, but I think its because the F80 is not running all the way to red-line.

Is it possible that they are testing power delivery in the upper mid range and then at red-line? I thought that, with turbo engines, the upper mid range performance would matter more than red-line performance.

[Jason]

Updated.

[Boss330]

Originally Posted by Holander

Sorry if this is already posted...but is it just me who spot that M3 Coupe sound different(Listen time 1:55 and 2:28) compared to M3 sedan(2:20)?

It sounds like it's one gear lower coming into the short straight than the other. Could be down to what part of the test programme the respective cars are doing, ie one is doing high rpm acceleration testing and the other is doing mid range rpm testing.

To me it just sounds like the engines are at different parts of the rev range, nothing more

[dustman]

Hopefully just a test...the rice rocket sound in the sedan is not going to fly.
(love the X5 sound!)