Explains the following...M3 test car in Germany. (archive)

My brother who lives in Germany and always tries to get the newest updates for me told me that just by accident he saw a new E46 M3 ( camouflaged�however it was still very noticeable) on the Autobahn going south from Frankfurt just 2 weeks ago. He was on his way from the Airport home�.
Now that might explain the delay�.having still test drives in Germany in August of 2000 will not bring us the E46 M3 to US in November�. He also mentioned seeing the �thing� in real even going only about 120 km/h was impressive�.can�t say more, all I can do is keeping the E36 M3 for longer now�.
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I was at a dealer yesterday (purchasing my leased 98 M3) and was told directly by the owner that the E46 M3 won't be received until early next year (as late as Mar). He said if you weren't at least in the top 5 on a big dealers list you wouldn't get yours until late summer or fall. He said, that the dealer allotment is very small very small. If you are on small dealers list forget about it - they "might" get one demo and thats it for at least a year. Furthermore with all the little problems with the M5 that are not "typical" BMW he said, be prepared in this 1st year model of the M3 for the same thing. So picky BMW owners be aware.

I personally can wait to let them get all the bugs out of it. I am really happy with the E36 M3 in fact I might be the only guy on the earth that prefers the body design :-) over the new one.

Just keep in mind when my friend purchased his new S4, he had to wait and wait for factory delays. So even if they confirm your date it still might be several weeks off before you actually receive it.

Josh - Spring, Texas

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