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At last, BMW has launched the long-awaited Coupe edition of its performance icon, the M3.

Given that BMW already makes saloon and coupe-cabrio versions, a coupe has been overdue for ages, given that it potentially avoids two of the drawbacks of its siblings — the saloon’s rather ‘slow’ styling, and the cabrio’s inherent weight disadvantage.

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Autocar:

At last, BMW has launched the long-awaited Coupe edition of its performance icon, the M3.

Given that BMW already makes saloon and coupe-cabrio versions, a coupe has been overdue for ages

I might be wrong, but I think the coupe version of the current M3 is already on sale. I believe it went on sale before the 4 door?

bangertastic:

Autocar:

At last, BMW has launched the long-awaited Coupe edition of its performance icon, the M3.

Given that BMW already makes saloon and coupe-cabrio versions, a coupe has been overdue for ages

I might be wrong, but I think the coupe version of the current M3 is already on sale. I believe it went on sale before the 4 door?

It's poorly worded (unusual for Steve Cropley). It's the coupe/convertable version not the coupe.

Lee23404:

bangertastic:

Autocar:

At last, BMW has launched the long-awaited Coupe edition of its performance icon, the M3.

Given that BMW already makes saloon and coupe-cabrio versions, a coupe has been overdue for ages

I might be wrong, but I think the coupe version of the current M3 is already on sale. I believe it went on sale before the 4 door?

It's poorly worded (unusual for Steve Cropley). It's the coupe/convertable version not the coupe.

No wait, I'm confused now. It's not the CC it's a special edition version of the coupe, I think. I have only skimmed the article but exactly what's being tested should have been clear from the start shouldn't it Steve?

bangertastic:

I might be wrong, but I think the coupe version of the current M3 is already on sale. I believe it went on sale before the 4 door?

 

Exactly banger. If you knew nothing about cars you'd assume this 'Edition' was the 1st coupe iteration of the current generation M3. What an oddly-worded article...

Come on BMW - strip 150kg out of it. 250kg if you possibly can. That'd be worth buying.

I am sure the Coupe was out first...

 

theonlydt:

Come on BMW - strip 150kg out of it. 250kg if you possibly can. That'd be worth buying.

 

I have to agree - add lightness and it will fly.

theonlydt:

Come on BMW - strip 150kg out of it. 250kg if you possibly can. That'd be worth buying.

That's far too easy and they'd have trouble justifying the extra cost, especially if it was with parts removed and not replaced with carbon fibre.

I agree though, lets have a proper M3.

Regardless of how "enhanced" this car actually is, when sales are down in your biggest market by 27%, when you're posting a 158 million euro loss against a 325 million euro profit the previous year, and when you've been in the news for quitting the most high-profile motorsport in the world, launching a sixty grand motorsport version of one of the most common sights on western roads - a bloody 3-Series - seems like madness to me.

ThwartedEfforts:

Regardless of how "enhanced" this car actually is, when sales are down in your biggest market by 27%, when you're posting a 158 million euro loss against a 325 million euro profit the previous year, and when you've been in the news for quitting the most high-profile motorsport in the world, launching a sixty grand motorsport version of one of the most common sights on western roads - a bloody 3-Series - seems like madness to me.

I don't know Thwarts, according to this piece, although sales and profits are down, BMW are still making money.

An extract:

 "...Carmaker BMW has said it sees few signs of a lasting economic recovery after it reported profits down by three-quarters for the April to June period. Net profit was 121m euros ($174m; £103m), down 76% from a year ago, with car sales down by nearly a fifth...."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8182816.stm

Is it Cropley's fault it's a strangely worded (and evidently unproofed article), or is it BMW's fault for giving this new model a very crappy name? The "Coupe edition" sounds like something Hyundai would put out.

Either way, I'll take one please. In black. When I have paid off my mortgage.

And yes, a new CSL wouldn't go amiss either :-).

Yup - not Cropley's fault, but BMW's.

Odd that they're bringing out this, when presumably the CSL isn't too far off... Is this just a stop gap model with a rubbish name?

 

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