The presence of a battered Sao Paulo Yellow G82-generation BMW M3 Competition at an insurance auction isn't particularly surprising; with 503 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque from its turbocharged 3.0-liter ...

Davies has had a keen interest in cars from a very young age. It didn't matter what kind of car it was, as long as it had four wheels and made some cool noises, he was into it. His interest in cars ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

The 2004 BMW M3 CSL arrived at a moment when performance cars were getting heavier, more complex and more insulated, yet it went in the opposite direction. By stripping weight, sharpening the hardware ...

Many enthusiasts argue that BMW doesn't make performance cars like it used to. Granted, Bimmers are faster and more powerful nowadays, but the consensus is that all these new electronics are ruining ...

What do you get when you combine the beautifully-balanced chassis of the E46-generation BMW M3 with a 7.0-liter LS7 V8? One hell of a track car. The following E46 M3 from Germany has been fitted with ...

The M3 story started with the E30 in the 1980s, and that generation is widely considered the best sports sedan ever made by BMW despite the four-cylinder engine with 2.0 to 2.5 liters of displacement.

BMW has built some incredible engines over the decades and of them all, few would deny that the S54 which powered the E46 M3, Z3 M, M Coupe, and Z4 M was one of its very finest. In BMW M3 guise, the 3 ...

The BMW E46 design is widely considered one of the company's best. Maybe I only think that because it was "the new M3" when my friends and I got driver's licenses, but I know I'm not the only one who ...

BMW pretty much birthed the sports sedan market when it introduced its M3 and M5 models during the 1980s, the vehicles ...

You'll often find builders of hot rods and muscle cars talking about upping the displacement on a given engine. Taking a Ford 390 and turning into a 428, for example. Are there times when destroking ...

To many, it may seem like the BMW 3 Series has always been with us. It nearly has, getting its start in 1975 as a two-door coupe that replaced the aging BMW 2002, itself a small, fun-to-drive coupe ...