general rule of thumb sohc engines produce more low end torque than dohc, less valves per cylinder equals more torque. you either make your power at top end or low end. bmw chose top end which = bad torque but you get a free reving engine, corvette is not as rev happy it makes its power on tap. the bmw m3 is like a s2000 basicly worth less untill you got it at redline.

this is strictly to cars that are n/a and stock once we get into modding its a diffrent ball game

 

can you imagine what a Z06 or ZR1 would do. It would make the M3 seem more like a civic. with the premiums that were added to the early M3 once they released the new generation, you could probably get a ZO6

 

M3 sucks. don't know why people pay 70k for that piece of junk. I'd rather get a Mustang GT and will still walk away from M3.

 

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stock for stock, an IS 350 can kick a Mustang GT's ***.

could you imagine what an M3 or IS-F would do to a GT?

Perhaps you meant a Modified GT vs a stock M3 but then that's not what some ppl (like me) would call a fair fight

 

because sooner or later you'll come to a corner.

 

and what leave the m3 behind some more??

 

i'll still take an m3 over a vette!

 

I love C6 Corvettes! It make you wonder if these things are truly made by GM. It drives like a German. I would take a z06 over the M3 if I needed a getaway car.

Look at this zo6 vs a modded M6.. OMG the exhaust note on the Vette

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0i04HegA8

 

And why is that "how it should be"? Corvette was modded and a much lighter car. A more fair comparison would be against a 911 GT3.


read the replies after my post. lmao, lots of M3 hater in here. You M3 haters/ Corvette fanboys need to understand you are just like the M3 fanboys, but just love the vette. That's the main reason I hate vettes, all the fanboys in the wagon, but not to mention the ugly fugly interior.

 

In the interest of fairness BMW are electronically limited to 155 MPH and the Corvette was modified, apparently sucsessfully

 

he said against a mustang gt. i have to believe an m3 corners better than a mustang gt!!!!!

 

my mistake I thought you were refering to the corvette

 

yeah i meant stock. It will also smoke IS350.

American Muscle Power!

 

Guys, Stig owns a new M3

 

the c6 vette is not sohc.

there is also a difference in about 2 litres of displacement.