2011 BMW M3 Road Test & Car Review - RoadflyTV with Ross Rapoport
The BMW M3 is one of the finest driver's cars ever made, and I was finally lucky enough to spend a week with one.
The heart of the M3 is an exquisite 4.0L V8, making 414hp at a wild 8300rpm. Peak torque is 295 lb-ft, but that entire figure is available at just 3900rpm, a stunning mark of tractability in such a high-revving screamer.
Our test car was equipped with a 7-speed DCT (BMW's name for the fancy dual-clutch gearbox), and the transmission—like other vehicle characteristics like throttle response and suspension—can be adjusted from 'nice and easy' to 'neckbreaking.'
2011 M3s equipped with this transmission have gone as low as 3.9 sec to 60mph, and 12.5 sec in the 1/4-mile. Yet due to the engine's powerband, it's remarkably civilized around town.
Gearing is perfect; even in 7th gear, the car is never caught flat-footed. In fact, at 2000rpm in 7th the car will be going just 50mph! That is great for acceleration, bad for fuel economy: the M3 manages just 14 mpg city and 20 highway and gets slapped with the gaz-guzzler tax.
That's really the only chink in the car's armor, and the M3 instantly became the car by which I measure all sports cars by.
—Ross Rapoport, Road Test Editor and Video Host
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Vehicle: 2011 M3 Coupe
Base Price: $58,400
Price as tested: $69,925
Engine: 4.0L 32V V8
Transmission: 7-speed dual-clutch automated manual (DCT)
horsepower: 414 @ 8300 rpm
Torque: 295 lb.-ft. @ 3900 rpm
0-60 MPH: 3.9-4.5 sec.
Warranty: 4 years, 50,000 miles w/free maintenance
Fuel Economy: 14 city / 20 highway MPG
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Roadfly.com - 2011 BMW M3 GTS Debuts on the Racetrack
BMWs celebrating the 25th anniversary of the M3 with the production of the 2011 BMW M3 GTS. The M3 GTS is a lightweight high performance version of BMWs road going sport coupe. Jessi Lang highlights some of the features, specifications and performance characteristics of this Club Sport M3. Rolf Scheibner, Product Manager, M3 also makes a few comments regarding this very special car. For more M3 information visit the worlds largest BMW M3 discussion forum and community at http://www.roadfly.com
2013 BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe Review with Ross Rapoport by RoadflyTV
Vehicle: 2013 BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe
Host: Ross Rapoport
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Fuel economy (EPA miles per gallon rating): city / highway MPG
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2013 BMW M5 Track Test with Charlie Romero by RoadflyTV
First test drive of the new 2013 BMW M5 at Laguna Seca with Charlie Romero of RoadflyTV.
Vehicle: 2013 BMW M5
Chassis model: F10
Host: Charlie Romero
Race Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
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Roadfly.com - 2012 Porsche Cayman R Test Drive & Car Review
The 2012 Porsche Cayman R was one of the most-anticipated cars to ever come through the Roadfly office. The car's stats are simply stunning: 0-60mph in 4.7 sec. 330hp @ 7500rpm, 2855 lb. Even the door handles have been replaced with nylon tabs to reduce weight.
The results are predictable. The Cayman R is virtually telepathic, to the point that it nearly bores you. It's so free of vice that you start to feel that it's just like a normal, civilized car, with a tad more immediacy...and you wonder what the big deal is. Only when you go back to your daily driver do you realize how responsive the Cayman actually is.
It's a nearly perfect machine. It makes few compromises that interfere with spirited driving, but still manages to be completely docile, tractable, and even practical with its two trunks and stellar reliability. It also gets great fuel mileage, at 19 city and 27 highway when equipped with the 6-speed manual.
Ever gone to a movie that didn't blow you away at first, but weeks later you're still thinking about it and can't get it out of your head? That's what my days with the Cayman R left me with. This car is definitely on my 'short list' of cars I want to own before I die. It's slightly expensive with a starting MSRP of $66,300, but given how well-built Porsches are in general and how good their resale values are, the price is fair in my opinion.
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Host: Ross Rapoport
Vehicle: 2012 Porsche Cayman R
Base Price: $66,300
Price as tested: $73,280
Engine: 3.4L Horizontally opposed 6 cylinder
Transmission: 6-speed manual
horsepower: 330 @ 7,400 rpm
Torque: 273 lb-ft. @ 4,750 rpm
0-60 MPH: 4.7 sec.
Curb Weight: 2,855 lb.
Warranty: 4 years, 50,000 miles (vehicle)
Fuel Economy: 19 city / 27 highway MPG
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Taking Delivery of My 2011 M3 Coupe
My long wait from July is finally over. I ordered this M3 on July 23rd and took delivery on October 11th. So far I love everything about this car and I can't wait to start modding it.
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Music is "Sierra Leone" by Mt Eden Dubstep
2012 BMW 650i Coupe Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Tour
In this video I give a full in depth tour of the all new 2012 BMW 650i Coupe, loaded with just about every option available! I take viewers on a close look through the interior and exterior of this car while showing details, over viewing of features, and noting unique styling cues to the vehicle itself. I also show the engine and the details of it, start it up and see how it sounds under acceleration. A thorough tour/review of this car designed to give others a greater overall appreciation of the vehicle.
Thanks a lot to Hendrick BMW in Charlotte, NC for allowing me to film this video! For more info on this car as well as others visit www.hendrickbmw.com
BMW M3 vs Formula BMW
Drivex Tv presenta: Enfrentamos al Nuevo BMW M3 contra el monoplaza de la Fórmula BMW Europea. 420 cv. y 1655 Kg contra 140 cv. y 465 Kg.
Los pilotos Miguel Angel de Castro y Marcos Martinez Ucha enfrentan a los dos coches en una prueba de aceleración y una carrera en el circuito del Jarama.
BMW M3 Drifted and Driven Hard in HD
More at: http://www.OnCars.com - This is a teaser of our complete three-part BMW M3 test drive. Visit OnCars.com to see all three episodes. This video originally published at OnCars.com: http://www.oncars.com/video/385/BMW-M3-Directors-Cut
The 700 HP VF Engineering BMW M3 - TUNED
TUNED visits one o our favorite California tuners, VF engineering, who have upgraded the E92 M3's power, suspension, and brakes in order to turn the m3 from a balanced, focused machine into an absolute monster.
2013 BMW M5: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Ignition Episode 9
On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago finds out what happens when you strap a pair of turbos to an M car. Does this latest M5 live up to the legend of the naturally aspirated M5s of yore?
Ignition appears every Monday on the new Motor Trend channel.
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