uhm... the M Coupe already DOES kick!.... (archive)

and sounds pretty damn sweet. if you work a stock one right, levels of performance are available that go beyond insanity on anything but a track. in a street environment, mods like SC/turbo MIGHT make the power more effortless and easily accessible, but for the most part i think people (including myself) tinker with their Coupes for the sake of individuality (and for the sake of tinkering itself)... a few do it for bragging rights, i suppose. wouldn't be anyone here, i'm sure ;)

: Interesting to note the Hartge V8 Coupe.. 0-60 in 4.8 seconds.... sort of a long way, and a ton of cash, to go for some mediocre performance improvement. Same thing happened a couple years back with AC Schnitzer and a Z3, with a V8, not a great deal of performance improvement. You can get the heat at a fraction of the cost by going the turbo/supercharger route on the stock M motor. Actually, I'm willing to guess that a well tuned M coupe, with a few pounds removed, say 200, would pull off a 4.8 sec pass without having a big budget impact. Taking the M3 LTW approach... remove sound deadening and other non-essential stuff, and the Coupe could easily be made to kick, without spending billions.

: Of course, then you'd not have that V8 rumble.... Personally I dig the 6.

: Speaking of 6... I think it's interesting BMW keeps telling us all that the 6 speed won't fit, yet the Hartge car not only crams in the V8, it does so with the 6 speed to boot. BMW has also built a Coupe with a V12, so we know that can be done.... Now THAT I'd pay some serious coin for, a V12, 6 speed, M coupe.... For nothing more that the freaky look you'd get popping the hood at the local car club meeting!

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