sports car · germany · RWD · sedan

BMW M3

F80 · First turbo2014–2018

Six generations, six different engine architectures, one of the most consistently re-evaluated nameplates in performance cars.

Reviewer consensus · across 5 reviewers

Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling, but split on daily drivability and value.

Performancestrong consensus

“Wow, this engine, it's so powerful. It just wants to get up and go.” ▶ 3:04 Zygrene

“The first thing is this power and torque is monstrous. Plenty plenty of grunt for a 3600lb vehicle.” ▶ 3:23 Jubbal & Cars

“it makes 40% more torque than the s65 the v8 car does not feel naturally aspirated but it does Rev this car revs the set me 500 rpm” ▶ 14:41 Savagegeese

Handlingconsensus

“Very immediate front end response.” ▶ 3:29 Zygrene

“The front end being so immediately noticeable, but the whole car itself feels far more planted with the suspension mods here.” ▶ 5:01 Jubbal & Cars

“the steering was horrendous it's probably not fair but it just wasn't very good right as the years progressed I think with the second mid-cycle refresh and with the competition package they changed the way the steering was tuned” ▶ 11:23 Savagegeese

Fun to driveconsensus

“It's so enjoyable. It almost feels like a Ferrari side slip control type setup.” ▶ 4:48 Zygrene

“He's reintroducing the emotion to modern BMW M3s... he's giving you a little bit more of that analog feel while actually elevating the performance even further.” ▶ 13:37 Jubbal & Cars

“this car makes me happy and so driving a bmw m3 competition this is the best zach baby this is it” ▶ 16:12 ShootingCars

Daily drivabilitysplit

“it's got four doors it's comfortable its usable and supposedly this is one of the more reliable m3s” ▶ 26:52 Savagegeese

“The f-80 m3 competition is a car that sacrifices very little” ▶ 6:26 Zygrene

“one of my major criticisms of this car is the fact that even in comfort setting which I have the car in and anything under about 40 mile an hour the ride is very choppy very harsh” ▶ 5:23 JayEmm on Cars

Valuesplit

“BMW seemed to think this is worth about thirty thousand pounds over what a Compaq is and it just isn't” ▶ 10:52 JayEmm on Cars

“either way I think for 50 to 55 000 you're getting a hell of a car for the money” ▶ 10:51 Zygrene

“I think there's really nothing better out there anymore that's a four-door car that gives you performance that's totally usable every day” ▶ 27:30 Savagegeese

Where reviewers split · Daily drivability

4 say · liveable“it's got four doors it's comfortable its usable and supposedly this is one of the more reliable m3s”Savagegeese ▶

1 say · critical“one of my major criticisms of this car is the fact that even in comfort setting which I have the car in and anything under about 40 mile an hour the ride is very choppy very harsh”JayEmm on Cars ▶

Where reviewers split · Value

3 say · liveable“either way I think for 50 to 55 000 you're getting a hell of a car for the money”Zygrene ▶

1 say · critical“BMW seemed to think this is worth about thirty thousand pounds over what a Compaq is and it just isn't”JayEmm on Cars ▶

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