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In Reply to: Get over it! posted by Zarathustra on September 10, 2000 at 19:45:43:
Yes -- the M3 is foremost about driver pleasure, initiating from a perfectly balanced car that will out-handle any other stock car (and be on par with Porsches) on twisty roads -- combined with a very high build-quality, cutting edge technology and subtle powerful design. In all these areas I think BMW is pretty sovereign.
Per official specs however, the new Audi RS4 (380 HP) will be quicker, the new MB CLK 32K (350 HP) will be as quick, and the new Porsche 996 (320 HP) will be quicker, but I still would not consider buying any of these cars because BMW -- to me -- is better in every other aspect. But since the potential is there for BMW to *also* be faster than these other cars (and I'm talking acceleration -- from standstill *and* in gears -- not top speed), and that would be the ideal/optimal combination, *that* is what I'm getting at.
Going from a superior-handling 321 HP to a an even more superior-handling 343 HP, with improvements in almost every other aspect is great, but for me it doesn't go all the way to justify the upgrade.
Bottom line: I agree that US buyers don't have very much to whine about when it comes to the new M3, and they will probably take it to their hearts, and I agree that some may find the constant comparisons to Audi/MB/Porsche a bit silly (as the M3 is great in itself), but I feel that some of us European guys do have valid reason for just a little bit of complaining about the engine output/acceleration specs so far...
///Mark (Sweden)
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