For enthusiasts of ultimate automotive performance, it's a magic name: BMW M3. Combining the all-around excellence of the BMW 3 Series with the spectacular performance and handling prowess of BMW M, the two M3 models are formidable BMW sports cars that have earned – again and again – accolades from the world's motoring critics while providing their buyers with real performance and equally real practicality.
For 2004, the two M3 models – the M3 Coupe at $47,795 including destination charge and the M3 Convertible at $56,295 1 – continue. The Dark Blue soft top is now available on the Convertible with a wider range of exterior and interior colors.
During the 2003 model year, enthusiast media continued to weigh in with their praise of the M3s:
"The M3 Coupe is as comfortable on a race track as it is on the fast track of everyday life. Complete with all the aggressive performance-aimed suspension goodies – like big wheels, tires and brakes – the M3 hunkers down and shows everyone who looks its way that it means business. But get in the driver's seat and grab the thick M Sport steering wheel; if you can do that without a pump of the old adrenal gland, check to make sure you're breathing. A turn of the key, a blip of the throttle and the dulcet tones of its exhaust note will melt your heart."
AutoWeek, July 7, '03, declaring the M3 Best Sports Coupe.
"This is a strongly flavored choice, muscular and deliberate, ferociously powerful, and not at all shy about its performance compromises. It always acts like the automotive jock it is, every mile of every day."
Car and Driver, May '03 (Coupe)
"If anyone needs reminding why we have an enduring love affair with the BMW brand, here's your answer."
Automobile Magazine, April '03, concluding a 12-month/31,653-mile test of the M3 Coupe
"A practical, four-adult tool for the committed driving enthusiast."
Car and Driver, concluding...Full Story
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Those models/changes are already avaialable .. right?
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