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A CAR reader blogs on buying his E46 BMW M3

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Andy Downes, 31 October 2012 11:20

CAR reader Andy Downes has long lusted after owning a BMW M division car. He recently found an immaculate E46 BMW M3 and took the plunge. Here he blogs on his experience. Four years of saving, years of dreaming, months of scouring the classifieds, days spent travelling to see used ones for sale and finally, to my own amazement, I ...

Gavin Green on 2012's fine new F30 BMW 3-series

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Gavin Green, 21 February 2012 09:00

Just back from Spain, where I’ve been driving the new 3-series saloon on those magical winding roads of Andalusia. As expected, it is a terrific car. The new one is a step-on from its predecessor, especially in cabin quality, handling and looks (leaner, sleeker, less multi-angle Bangled). The agility and balance of the new 3 – I drove both 320d ...

BMW's influence in car design, by Stephen Bayley

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Stephen Bayley, 23 January 2012 09:23

To appreciate the resonance of the last decade’s revolution in BMW design, it’s necessary to understand the company’s huge historic debt to a modernist ideas factory that became the world’s most influential art school. 'Art and technology : a new unity' was the Bauhaus slogan and before the Second World War, BMW already had a department of Kunstlerische Gestaltung (Artistic ...

The perils of eBay: we've just bought a brown E30

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Alex Tapley, 01 December 2011 13:13

Part 2: time to pick up our BMW E30 3-series bought on eBay The long drive down to Bournemouth gave me plenty of time to think about what I’d let myself in for. I kept thinking about an interesting comment made by CAR Online reader RicoD: 'Up to what price would you buy a car unseen?' I suppose I was banking on ...

The great CO2 debate and a packet of crisps

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Tim Pollard, 29 July 2010 11:08

News today that Britain's new cars' CO2 averages are tumbling got me thinking. Even in the first half of 2010, carbon emissions of the typical new car rolling out of showrooms have fallen 5% year-on-year to 145.2g/km. Which is good news. I mean, that's nearly as clean as a packet of crisps. Two pints of petrol and a packet of ...

BMW M Division's straight six: 1992-2008

Ben Barry, 26 December 2008 15:10

In our general excitement to scoop and report on the newly unveiled BMW Z4, we seem to have missed a very obvious point indeed: that the old Z4 will, by necessity, die too. Okay, so I’m clearly not the only one to spot this, but for me there are three big reasons to mourn the old car’s passing: 1. The ‘current’ ...

Help! I desperately need a BMW 3-series

Ben Pulman, 30 October 2007 09:05

Ben Pulman lusts after an M3 - but can't afford one. Here's his cunning plan... There are two types of motoring journalists; those who own their own cars, and those who don’t. I currently fall into the latter category, but I want to join the former. Most of us at CAR own our own wheels – and quite right too. ...

What we do at weekends: competitive drift events

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Ben Barry, 07 September 2007 10:53

CAR's resident M3 expert Ben Barry enters a drift competition at the Nurburgring The choice was easy: stay at home and take the weekend easy; or leave work on Friday for a 1000-mile round trip to the Nurburgring. Being something of a sucker for punishment, I chose the latter. As did, impressively, my wife Ondine, knowing full well she’d have ...

BMW M3 ennui: am I alone?

Ben Whitworth, 10 July 2007 10:27

Bigger isn't better. Why the new M3 has lost its forebears' purity, by Ben Whitworth I hope I'm not alone in feeling a little luke-warm about the Whole BMW M3 Thing. Yes, it's a formidable steer and yes, it epitomises the brilliance and sheer desirability of BMW’s engineering talents. But just look at the numbers. It costs the thick end ...

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