Comments on: BMW M3 GTS on the way, teaser video released

By: nesa

nesa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:30:08 +0000

i think it is time to start a ” save the Manual car” campain.
Manual also save more fule so it is also greener!!!

By: Neo Utopia

Neo Utopia — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:16 +0000

Like it, like it, like it! BUT in a MANUAL! I am a generation y’er and play computer racing games but I think cars like this deserve to have both transmisions!

By: Allergic one

Allergic one — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:43:31 +0000

Yellow headlights were or still are a legal requirment in europe, they penetrate fog better.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:31:33 +0000

*Chomp chomp chew chew,gulp,there goes the Cayman S *

By: CarZ

CarZ — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:51:45 +0000

I agree this car would be perfect if they offered it in manual. But the young bucks of today don’t know how to handle manual vehicles. Gone are the good ole days of when good old fashioned manual was the way to go.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:53:53 +0000

It needs to be better than the Cayman S. I really hope it is. That is the one big flaw with the standard M3: it may be a brilliant car and it may be much more practical, but it doesn’t drive nearly as well as the similarly priced Cayman S. It has more body roll and and it’s not as tidy. By the looks of this though, I’m sure it can give the Porsche a run for it’s money. It’ll be expensive though. And it does need a manual.

By: Baddass

Baddass — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:21:43 +0000

Those yellow headlights on the old BMW are vomit-inducing. And the whole retro BMW thing is getting kinda old.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:52:14 +0000

You can not blame them for supplying the popular market. Its were the profit is. Someone probably said the same thing about automatic cars or cruise control and such.
Soon I will have to ask my 7 year old how to start my car.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:36:13 +0000

I agree that nothing beats a good old fashioned manual for driving fun, but seems like there’s ever more eletronics being put into modern sports cars. Perhaps that has something to do with the people buying them, rich people more interested in showing off than enjoying the drive, with something like 80-90% of all Ferrari sold with F1 gearbox nowadays. This is one reason I’m a big fan of Porsche, with every company putting in more eletronic gadgets to take the fun away from driving, the GT2/GT3 versions of 911 has so far stuck with manual and the option to switch off all eletronic nanny system.

I think people like us are getting rarer with cars becoming more eletronic and less mechanical, pity as by the time I have saved enough money for a serious sports car, there won’t be any pure sports cars left.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:21:21 +0000

Alan,

Heart of a good driver’s car is right. The traditionalist in me wants the fun of shifting through the cogs, their is no skill involved otherwise.
Maybe we have to many designers and engineers from the play station generation.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:46:22 +0000

They should do this to the 1 series.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:29:00 +0000

With the withdraw from F1, lack of competitor to R8/SLS, and the release of overweight monsters like X5/X6M and 5GT, it is good to see that someone in BMW still has the heart for a good driver’s car of the tradtional kind. With decent weightloss and power gain, this should be a good driver’s car.

Would be perfect if they offered this with a 6 speed manual, but i guess DCT is the way forward for all manufacturers, and the tradtional manual is dying out as the choice of gearbox for sports cars (with the exception of the ever brilliant 911 GT3/GT3 RS). Also, I’m not a fan of that huge spoiler, looks too aftermarket for my liking. Wonder if they’ll offer a deletion option of that spoiler. Either way, this is by far my favourite of the current BMW range.