Comments on: 2009 BMW M3 facelift spy photos

By: CARTORQUE

CARTORQUE — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:57:29 +0000

Interesting…..I sell cars in South Africa, including M3’s and AMG Merc’s…We have one of the biggest markets for both BMW and Mercedes Benz outside of Germany and the States ( we have production facilities in Pretoria and Port Elizabeth). Both cars absolutely amazing feats of engineering, with apposing “strengths and weaknesses”.Overall, dynamically, I think the M3 is better. The Audi RS4 is slightly outdated and battles to keep up..( I know, I’ve tried it!). Watch out for the new RS6 though. How much are these cars in Ausralia?

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:12:44 +0000

I’ll agree with Wheelnut on the options factor – it’s easily possible to add another $20-30K in options to, say, a 523i. Some of which you need to select (like a sunroof) if you want a good chance of selling the car later.

Alan – the M3 sedan was just launched no more than 12 months ago??

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:26:29 +0000

for al the design and engineering work that goes in to making BMWs as good as they are; they are actaully reasonably priced – the thing that makes cars like the M3 so expensive is the extensive list of options..

I mean the BMW ad says there are approx 1,000,000 feature combinations available throughout the BMW range to tailor your car inorder to suit your individuality

The same applies to the other German marques but BMW no one beats BMW it comes to [charging for] optional extras

By: mikez

mikez — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:58:29 +0000

Would rather have C63 anyday. This thing doesnt look any diff than a normal bmw.

By: Duck

Duck — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:41:24 +0000

Finally a propoer Audi RS4 Competitor here would be great!

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:14:34 +0000

Just my guess, but this is a minor update to saloon only, seems like they have given a rear design similar to the coupe version. If that is the case, i don’t think M3 coupe will be updated

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:21:05 +0000

Meh, just save your money and buy a 135i

By: djr17

djr17 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:32:34 +0000

I obviously meant ’sole purpose’ in my previous comment.

By: djr17

djr17 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:31:44 +0000

Supply & Demand. I purchased a Powerball ticket just this week with the sole proceeds of spending my winnings on an AMG C63. Haven’t checked my ticket yet but by hook or crook I will own one some day.

By: weirluo

weirluo — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:06:42 +0000

BMW has very good cars, unfortunately, BMW cars are very very extremely overpriced is Australia, just like Benz and Audi. Mercedes cars are .Unfortunately, there are far far too many MORONS in Australia who are willing to pay big bucks for the sake of brand.

I can afford to buy a BMW but I’ll never buy a BMW at this price setup. This is one of the biggest rip off

If only everyone is aware of this and not buying BMW/Benz/Audi anymore, they have no choice but to reduce the price to a sane level.

By: djr17

djr17 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:08:21 +0000

Each to their own

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:59:45 +0000

…Except maybe the Nissan GT-R :D

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:58:42 +0000

Nope, its still the best all round performance car around at moment.

By: djr17

djr17 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:41:55 +0000

The best all round performance car around at the moment….except for the AMG C63!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:16:19 +0000

I know what you mean with the early update, but its still the best all round performance car around at moment.

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:24:12 +0000

Exactly D10N, a similar timing occurred with the E46, except that BMW was gracious enough to keep the “series 1″ pre update styling for the M3 when the bog standard coupe was touched up in 2003. All they did to the M3 from memory was put a wider bootlid strip on and update the tail lamps to LEDs.

I think they know they can’t change it too much otherwise risk devaluing the current model – HSV needs to be cautious when doing this if they want to preserve the value of their high end cars

By: D 1 0 N

D 1 0 N — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:15:31 +0000

Damn, I feel sorry for those guys who bought new M3s, not even a year down the track and its being updated already

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:06:59 +0000

At first glance it looks exactly the same. I’m a bit surprised at how soon it’s getting a facelift it was only launched (in Oz) last year.

Don’t think there was anything hugely wrong with the tail lights except the sedan should have clear lenses to clean up the fussy detailing a bit and in keeping with the clear lenses trend for M cars through the years.

Yes and I’m not sure what the “modified” fog lights will be as I thought the current E90 / E92 / E93 M3 does not have them at all.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:53:15 +0000

Saw this weeks ago,fog lights make a return and new tail lights………mmmmmm .As I think it will be more like to be 2010 till they really arrive I would wait the extra 3 years and wait for the next model thanks.

By: Fenno

Fenno — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:53:26 +0000

You’d be spewing if you just coughed up the dough for the just released M3 only to find out they have already updated it…