Sections: //M3\\, E30 3 Series Jun 23rd, 2009 1 Comment For those of you out there that want more of the E30 M3, this is some of the best footage of that car driven to its limited we’ve ever seen. The driver is Patrick Snijers and it’s at the Manx Rally in 1988.
Thanks Laim!
Sections: //M3\\ Jun 19th, 2009 6 Comments 
Car Magazine asked itself the question enthusiasts have been asking for years – which M3 is the best. However this version is in podcast form. Well worth a listen for any M3 fan.
+ New M3 – the best ever? / Car Magazine
Sections: //M3\\, E90 3 Series Jun 5th, 2009 1 Comment We’ve heard trough several sources recently that BMW is busy perfecting the process of matte paint finishes through the help of a supplier. According to those same sources Munich is looking to debut three varriations on the current M3 as a run-out special edition before the car is officially retired in several years. Reportedly those colors are to include black, silver and white if all goes according to plan.
Sections: //M3\\, Official News May 29th, 2009 1 Comment In a surprise move BMW is releasing limited edition M3 models with special trim, wheels and a lowered suspension for release worldwide in July.
Official Release: Powerful, aesthetic design, supreme performance and exclusive style – the unique characteristics of the BMW M3 are now available in highly attractive Edition Models focusing on the most outstanding highlights of these outstanding cars.
Based on the BMW M3 Coupé, the M3 Edition Models offer a choice of no less than four highly individual cars boasting perfectly harmonised modifications in body design and interior features as well as special light-alloy wheels and an even lower chassis.
The BMW M3 Edition Models will be entering the market worldwide in July 2009 in Alpine White, Black, Dakar Yellow, and Monte Carlo Blue. In the interest of supreme exclusivity their production period is limited to just six months. Individual highlights both outside and inside.
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Sections: //M3\\, //M\\, Motorsport, Official News May 13th, 2009 3 Comments 
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – May 12, 2009…
In the four-week break between Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2009 American Le Mans Series, the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team has focused on testing and continued development of the new BMW M3 GT2 race car. The team feels well-prepared for this weekend’s Larry H. Miller Utah Grand Prix. Immediately following the team’s second consecutive GT2 class podium finish at Round 3 in Long Beach, a team transporter made the journey to Tooele, Utah for two days of tire testing at Miller Motorsports Park, the site of the upcoming Round 4 race on May 17. Drivers Dirk Müller and Tommy Milner completed almost 900 test miles in two days. Dunlop engineers used the opportunity to test a variety compounds and constructions to identify and develop the optimum tires for upcoming races. Team technicians gathered fresh data at the circuit’s 4300 ft. altitude. The following week, the team met drivers Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand for two more days of testing at Laguna Seca, which will host the ALMS season finale on October 10.
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Sections: //M3\\, Motorsport, Official News Apr 19th, 2009 No Comments Official Release: With a third-place GT2 class finish by the No. 92 M3 of Tommy Milner and Dirk Müller in the Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series at Long Beach the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team reached the ALMS podium for the second consecutive race. The duo completed 70 laps around the 1.968-mile temporary street circuit in the one-hour-and-forty-minute contest. Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand scored their first points of the season, finishing eighth in the No. 90 M3 after losing four laps following a collision with a lapped competitor just past the one-hour mark.
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Sections: //M3\\, Motorsport Apr 17th, 2009 4 Comments Here are some great photos shot by Rick Poon a.k.a “speedM” at the testing and qualifying for tomorrows ALMS race from the streets of Long Beach. Hopefully the Rahal/Letterman BMW ///M3s can build on their recent success at St. Pete. While the race is on Saturday, the tv broadcast is not until Sunday via tape delay.
Thanks Rick for the link!
Sections: //M3\\, Motorsport, Official News Apr 14th, 2009 2 Comments Official Release: The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team is coming off of a strong second place finish in St. Petersburg, FL, and aspires to continue the momentum for the second consecutive street circuit race in Long Beach, California.
The Long Beach Grand Prix will mark the first-ever appearance of a BMWNA M3 at one of motorsport’s premiere events and the team will look to take advantage of the lessons learned at St. Pete and continue to improve. While similar in nature, the Long Beach circuit features many faster corners that play to the M3’s strengths. A key point of the track will be the 180 degree hairpin leading onto the long Shore Line Drive start finish straight; the M3s will be required to use every bit of their outstanding traction to be able to fend off competitive attacks going into turn one.
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Sections: //M3\\, E12 5 Series, E21 3 Series, E28 5 Series, E30 3 Series Apr 12th, 2009 No Comments Our friends at Jalopnik are featuring the venerable M10 4 cylinder as their Engine of the Day. As you may or may not know the M10 was designed by noted engineer and race driver Baron Alex von Falkenhausen. Yes (as Jalopnik mentions) that is a helluva a name. In between designing engines you’d expect someone named Baron Alex von Falkenhausen to fly zeppelins and slay large game. What he did do was to go against BMW bosses and design a 1.5L (instead of the asked for 1.3L that was eventually expanded to 2.0L. Here’s more from Wikipedia:
As BMW M12, the engine is also one of the most successful engines in racing. Starting with the European Touring Car Championship, it was also used in Formula 2 and in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, where it was turbocharged by Paul Rosche according to FIA Group 5 rules.
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Sections: //M3\\, Motorsport Apr 9th, 2009 2 Comments It’s the biggest, toughest and most outrageous 24 hour race in the world happens May 24th and BMW will be debuting the new BMW M3 GTA race car. Based heavily on the stock M3, the race car will be offered through BMW normal Customer Racing Program throughout the world for the SP10 division. Imagine the sound of one of these V8 M3’s rumbling through the woods of the ‘Ring at 2am as you sit around a camp fire with friends. Now imagine driving one…
Official Release: The BMW works drivers Augusto Farfus (BR), Jörg Müller (DE) and Andy Priaulx (GB) will line up at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife on 23rd/24th May 2009. This will also mark the debut of the BMW M3 GT4 at this legendary endurance race.
Müller and Priaulx will be behind the wheel of the BMW M3 GT4 when they race for Schubert Motorsport in the Eifel region. The two drivers, who are normally involved in a battle for glory for BMW in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), will join forces with motor racing journalists Marcus Schurig (DE) and Jochen Übler (DE). The editors of the specialist “sport auto” magazine in Germany have many years of racing experience behind them, and have entered the “Green Hell” numerous times in the past. Together with tyre partner Dunlop, this quartet of drivers has its sights set on a top position in the SP10 class.
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