Matador

haha, I did quote his response and not your statement

megamax

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how are you going to compare the "soft models" to the full on m3?? wtf this was rigged.

megamax

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top speed 130?? what the deuce

Klaus

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Yeah I kind of agree here. I get that it was a battle of the NA 6 cylinders but the M is a race prepped car, truthfully it should've been compared to the tt supra, the 300zx TT, and the VR4 if we were truly going against top performance 6 cylinders. Of course it would be completely unfair to the german

suislide

of course, C & D have a bias towards BMW

BigBang

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Mannn I want a supra It's weird cause out of those 4 cars, Only 300zx and supra were appealing to me.

megamax

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fixed^^^^^

Kira X

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I've seen this article. It would've been interesting if it were the 300zx TT and the Supra TT being compared in the article.

turbodremz

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"Mid-Life Crisis Coupes".....screw that!! As If I didnt feel old enough as it is..


Nice little article though.

moosejaw2

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Back then when this article came out, the second gen M3 had just arrived. They had nothing to compare it to.
The Supra TT and 300ZX TT didnt meet the criteria (price) which was coupes that were $37-41K
Those cars (naturally aspirated) were considerable more expensive than the M3.
back then your dad would have mailed in a letter and complained that the comparison wasn't fair.
I would think a Mitsu 3000GT/Dodge Stealth would have been more apropriate to judge the other three cars, however this was the beginning when the publications began to favor BMW.

Hard to believe 15 years later, the M3 is double in price.

KA8

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I read this awhile ago and I might actually have a copy of it somewhere. I'd choose M3 in N/A form out of all three. E36 M3's are good balanced sports cars and it's fast for an N/A car.

1J0Z SC

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Neat article, but, its an unfair advantage to the BMW. Oh well...

Joey-E

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Interesting...good find

KahnBB6

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It's not just the price. Today's M3 is more like an M5. It's a great car but the 1-Series 135i/M is the closest we've had to an E30/E36 since the late 90's.

I have to say that the wingless Supra NA they picture in the article looks classic. Any stock exterior MKIV without the wing and rolling on the stock five-spokes is visually stunning to me. They just have a look about them from the factory.

The SC300 5-speed is a looker too but should have had the 400 front lip as standard to make it stand out more.

Klaus

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^AGREED I've been trying to find an unmolested black wingless hatch for my car for a long time. The car just looks 1000 times better without the wing.

And that's interesting I had NO idea the M3 was that cheap.