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Written by Stephen Dobie
We"ve had the BMW M4 CS and now, with some inevitability, it"s the M3 CS. Wonderful inevitability, though. There"s always something cooler about a sports saloon with four doors rather than two. Unless that"s just us.Anyhow, all that"s great and good about the M4 CS applies here. So there"s carbon to save weight over standard M3s chiefly on the roof and bonnet, to lower the centre of gravity and there"s more power and a snarlier exhaust system. Mind, the M4 CS"s slightly pointless (but still geekily cool) fabric door pulls have gone.Its twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six engine produces 454bhp and 442lb ft, figures up 10bhp and 36lb ft on an M3 with the Competition Pack fitted. Which means 0-62mph in 3.9secs and a 174mph top speed, figures which match the M4 CS and improve upon the M3 Competition Pack by 0.3sec and 19mph.While there are sops to weight saving, its 1,585kg isn"t down much over a Competition, as it"s not really a stripped-out special. You can only have BMW"s seven-speed twin-clutch paddleshift gearbox, while adaptive suspension with Comfort, Sport and Sport+ modes is also standard. You get full climate control and a posh Harman Kardon stereo, too. Options include carbon-ceramic brakes and all the Alcantara you can imagine inside.
Date written: 7 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9859
We"ve had the BMW M4 CS and now, with some inevitability, it"s the M3 CS. Wonderful inevitability, though. There"s always something cooler about a sports saloon with four doors rather than two. Unless that"s just us.Anyhow, all that"s great and good about the M4 CS applies here. So there"s carbon to save weight over standard M3s chiefly on the roof and bonnet, to lower the centre of gravity and there"s more power and a snarlier exhaust system. Mind, the M4 CS"s slightly pointless (but still geekily cool) fabric door pulls have gone.Its twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six engine produces 454bhp and 442lb ft, figures up 10bhp and 36lb ft on an M3 with the Competition Pack fitted. Which means 0-62mph in 3.9secs and a 174mph top speed, figures which match the M4 CS and improve upon the M3 Competition Pack by 0.3sec and 19mph.While there are sops to weight saving, its 1,585kg isn"t down much over a Competition, as it"s not really a stripped-out special. You can only have BMW"s seven-speed twin-clutch paddleshift gearbox, while adaptive suspension with Comfort, Sport and Sport+ modes is also standard. You get full climate control and a posh Harman Kardon stereo, too. Options include carbon-ceramic brakes and all the Alcantara you can imagine inside.
Date written: 7 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9859