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Country of origin:Germany
Produced from:2000 - 2006
Introduced at:2000 Paris Motor Show
Internal name:E46
Source:Company press release
Last updated:Before December 1st, 2004
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 actually..  
pimento
02-22-2011
This a press release from BMW, not a review. Also, the previous M3 was rated at 240bhp in the US, even the 3.2l version.
 This review is terrible...  
cityfan
02-17-2011
"A new 3.2-liter inline six-cylinder engine, mated to a six-speed manual transmission, will deliver an estimated 330-horsepower, up from 240 in the previous M3."
No, the engine is not new, it is the same 6 cylinder from before with a few more horses than the outgoing one, which had well over 300 horses anyway. I think you may be confusing the previous E36 model with the one before that, the E30 4 pot.

You also talk about the M dynamic driving control without mentioned the new M-Diff once, which was the one major new piece of technology on the car, (the previous car also had VANOS).
 thats one fine engine  
fastfreak
1-4-2003
The BMW E46 M3 engine represents the pinnacle of engineering excellence combined with supercar levels of performance.It totally redefines the internal combustion engine. This cars engine is the absolute ultimate and its a shame so many owners will never realize its true potential. 252kw@8000rpm may sound average in a straight line, but this car makes the most of its power through normally aspiarated 3.2 litre engine. What a beaut. Keep revven, baby!
 Buyer beware  
Balance
4-2-2003
I am truly impressed by the E46 M3's fantastic chassis and the exceptional specific power output of its engine. What I must say is these cars have a startling propensity to lunch engines after only 15000 - 20000kms. It won't do much good for resale values, I don't think. Buyer beware!
 Phantiastique!  
IBrake4Rainbows
24-9-2002
"this car is just so capable, so taut, so cool looking, and i hope the latter of what i said stays that way. If Cris Bangle, AKA; the devil incarnate, gets a hold of this design, it'll go, brake and turn like stink, but it'll be so ugly and confusing that all excapt racecar drivers and computer technicians will be able to drive it. Please BMW, don't let him mess with this one!"""
 Scream Like a Girl  
FrederickJJ
16-9-2002
"Next to the way-out-of-range McLaren F1, this car is my favorite car on earth. The sound, styling and quality of ride (I've only heard about ride quality from many people.) give this car an air of greatness to me. When I see one on the road, like once every 3 weeks, I scream like a little girl, and nearly wreck. Anyhow, It seems as if it's value just won't go down! It has only been about 2 years since its release, but I'm just not seeing a drop in price (or many for sale). Not that I can afford one now, but in the future, I hope to attain one, ya know. I'm sure there'a a corrrelation with value and the number of cars that have been sold or traded in, so I'd imagine once people starty selling their old E46 M3's their price MAY go beneath the $50,000 mark!, as I've never seen onew sell for less than that, even on ebay. Aw man I'm gettin choked up. 3,246cc I6 Double Vanos! I'm gonna ask every M3 owner to sell their car, make up a story, or something! ASC! Imola red!! Sometimes when I go on a rally nice, smooth drive, I feel like no matter what car I had, it wouldn't have felt any nicer than that, And I have a Corsica myself. But then when you hear your tires chirpping and the car putting out all it can around a modest turn, at a modest speed, with little lateral force on you, thats when you think, ""Boy, an M3 would be dandy right now!"" I think I'm going crazy. I want an M3."""
 M POWER  
grossi
9-9-2002
to keep this short and sweet, both the bmw m3 and m5, in my opinion are exceptional cars. the bmw m3 has simply blown me away, especially when i drove one. in short, both the bmw m3 and m5 are if not one of the best sports cars for their price and i can't wait to see the specs and pictures of the upcoming bmw m5.
 Honestly,  
Subwoofa
8-9-2002
People think too many others big up (give too much kudos) to this car, so do i because this car has it all man, just yesterday i saw a M5 whizzin down my street and i was like wow and then i realized the price of it (which is very high indeed) so i look to M3 as the car of my dreams and many others do also!
 ..............................  
AbouZiz
6-9-2002
just wonderful this car has left me truly breathless hats off to the m-engineers at bmw i really cant wait to see how they're gonna improve this model cause with great performance looks this car has it all and is the perfect supercar for less than 100000$ anyway the m3 is back and the dream lives on
 The Ultimate... almost!  
Pimp Juice
29-7-2002
This is definitely the pimpest car on the market for under $150k... the only group of cars that beat this thing for pimpness is the ferrari range! This joins a number of german built cars that again rival and in my mind beat their italian counterparts... in my mind, Germany 1 - Italy 0

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