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Originally Posted by BlkGS

You don't buy an M car to drag race at stoplights. My X5 M50 does 0-60 in that same range. There's a ton of modern sports cars that are in the 3s 0-60. You buy an M for handling, chassis control, etc.

That said, the current M3 makes no sense in a manual IMO. At $85k with options, you can get the faster, larger, more comfortable, and cooler CT5V Blackwing for like, virtually nothing more. BMW killed it with the pricing.

The CT5-V Blackwing starts at $95k. Starts.

[Mohammad335i]

Don't leave the 6 cylinder engine will be a big mistake