Why not giving your drive the best drive with BMW cars. BMW has many models and some are extraordinary. Let’s look at the 10 best BMW M cars ever developed by M division.
10.BMW E30 M3
The first-ever M3 BMW built came out in 1986. I’ve really looked the part with those wide wheel arches and spoilers. In fact, the only body panels carried over from the normal three series were the bonnet, the roof, and the insides of the doors. They even created a whole new engine for it. So they didn’t use the 2.5 liters straight 670 horsepower engine from the three to five on. Instead, they built a 2.3-liter four-cylinder with 195 horsepower. And this could propel the car from naught to 60 in 6.7 seconds on to 150 miles an hour. The first gear is down here, second would normally be, and second is up there where a third would normally be. Because when you’re racing to go from second to third is quite important and that’s quite an easy shit to make.
In America, they just got on normal traditional H-pattern gearbox probably because emotions answer use to manual gearboxes and they get confused. The car is actually a special edition Roberto Cavalli edition. The car hasn’t rated with 215 horsepower and the vehicle itself this one that you can actually see. It’s with about 75,000 pounds these days the horsepower isn’t that much still that wasn’t the most powerful either. There was an Evo 2 version that came out later with 220 horsepower and then the Evo 3 was at rated to almost 240 horsepower.
9.BMW E34 M5
This came out in 1988 say two years after the M3 and it looked rather like the normal 5 Series. Apart from some side skirts though these did increase the drags. It wasn’t quite as aerodynamic as the normal 5 Series. It didn’t matter because under the bonnet was a 3.4-liter straight-six with 315 horsepower. This drives the rear wheels by a 5-speed manual gearbox and could propel the car from naught to 60 in just 6.3 seconds. And on to 160 miles an hour. The car also came with adaptive suspension which is very high-tech for its day problem. It’s also a bit unreliable so if you’ve got one those cars now you could be looking at a huge repair bill to get it fixed.
8.BMW M1
BMWs first-ever and only ever supercar BMW M1. It had 277 horsepower was mid-mounted drove the rear wheels for a 5-speed manual gearbox. And could propel the car from naught to 60 in just 5.6 seconds run to 162 miles an hour. Back in the day, the M1 cost £37,500 which are seven grand more than a Ferrari 512 BB. if you account for inflation it means the M1 will cost in today’s money £23500. where that’s actually considerably less than the cars fetched today or auction. So there’s profit in that. The reason for this is it’s quite rare BMW only made 453 of the cars. They gave one of them to Andy Warhol in 1978 for him to paint. That car is now super expensive and you better not scratch it either because its paintwork is just so unique.
7.BMW E39 M5
The important thing about this car was that it was the first M5 to get a V8 engine. It was a 4.9 liter with double Vanos which basically is variable valve timing. BMW had a dry sump and individual throttle bodies. As a result, it produced 400 horsepower that drove the rear wheels Varis, 6-speed manual gearbox. And was good from naught 60 in just four point eight seconds. Though top speed was limited to 155 miles an hour. The interesting thing about this car is that it actually had a worse steering system than the 6-cylinder normal 5 Series. Because the big V8 up front it couldn’t use a rack and pinion steering.
You had to use recirculating-ball steering which is kind of old-fashioned. It’s what they used in the previous generation g-wagon. Anyway one of the great things about the E39 M5 is that it’s a classic sleeper car yes it does sit slightly low to the ground. Because it’s got loads stiffened suspension and be for anti-roll bars. But it just looks pretty much identical to the normal 5 Series it was a true sleeper car.
6.BMW Z3M Coupe
The Z3 M coupe was nothing of the sort had a weird shooting-brake design and was so distinctive. It even earned itself the nickname the cranky which is sort of appropriate really as well as if grated bodywork with flared arches. It also had a widened track for improved handling, a limited-slip, differential uprated suspension, and anti-roll bars and breaks from the E36 M3. Z3M also got that caused 3.2-liter straight-6 engine which had 321 horsepower and later on got the 3.2-liter straight-six from the E46. Unfortunately didn’t get that car 6-speed manual gearbox and had to make do with a 5-speed manual. Because it was so short that guy you can actually fit the six-speed in it still had an impressive performance.
5.BMW E60 M5 (V10)
It’s a fabulous formula one derived B10 five-liter naturally the aspirated engine. It is glorious in normal mode, it will produce rather healthy 400 horsepower. But if you press a power button it will give you a full 500 horsepower. That’s good to propel the car from naught to 60 in just 4.7 seconds. If you pay to have that speed limiter removed it will go on from 155 miles an hour all the way up to 190. Which is insane for a family car and also sounds awesome as well. It can throw a rod bearing and if it does that you’re looking at massive repair bills because it could run off the engine. Then there are problems with the automatic gearbox and the pumps which power it.
They could be costly to replace as well, in fact, the car can be a bit of money. It annoying thing about it is that in Europe we only got the automatic gearbox. It’s a robotized manual a single clutch SMJ with six speeds. And it’s really jerky when you drive it for some reason. Though in America they’ve got a manual version. Another interesting thing about the M5 is that you could also get it as a toy.
4.BMW 1M Coupe
This was the first time the one series got on any treatment though interestingly didn’t actually get a proper and engine. Instead, it used the normal 3 liters twin-turbo straight-six. though the original 40 horsepower is still quick enough so that drove the rear wheels to bar a six-speed manual gearbox. And could propel the car from naught to 60 in just 4.7 seconds and on to 155 miles an hour. It was almost identical to the E92 M3 used that car’s brakes suspension, suspension control arms wrists, subframes, and a rear limited-slip differential.
As a result, it was a bit of a beasty to drive. Because when he combined that setup with the power and the short wheelbase you got a car. Which is pretty twitchy on the limit and did like to go sideways very very quickly. Especially if you press the M button on the steering because then you’ve got an extra 50 Newton meters of torque for the lighting of those rear tires.
3.BMW M8 Competition
back in the nineties BMW actually tries to develop a V12 M8 that never happened and we had to wait until now to get an m8. M8 has a 4.4-liter twin-turbo v8 and in the case of the competition, this produces 625 horsepower. It drives all four wheels via 8-speed automatic gearbox with a normal torque converter. It does have launch control and can go from naught to 60 in just 3.2 seconds top speed is limited to 155 miles an hour. If you want to you can press a button to put the car from four-wheel drive into the two-wheel-drive mode. So you can do massive skids but if you’re on track though this is not really a track car. It weighs almost two tons.
2.BMW M635 CSI
M635 CSI is also known as the M sixth in America which is a much more sensible name for it. So it was released in 1983 and it used the same 3.5-liter straight-six up from the M1 supercar only tuned up slightly. It now had a 286 horsepower so this could propel the car from naught 60 in 6.2 seconds. And on to a top speed of 158 miles an hour. It also had a splitter whereas at the back had some deeper bumpers and a little spoiler and essentially mounted exhaust.
Underneath the skin though it was quite different so it had a rated suspension and brakes. A stronger chassis and a beefed-up the gearbox to cope with an extra performance from the engine. This is one of the best-looking BMWs ever and you can still get them out in good condition for $50,000.
1.BMW E46 M3 CSL
M 3 is a pretty plumbing decent car but BMW made it even better for this limited edition version. So they stripped out a load away fitted lights of windows, composite body panels, a carbon-fiber roof. And they reduced the weight by 110 kilos to 1,300 and 85 kilos that obviously helped improve the performance. It rated 3.2 liters naturally aspirated straight-6 petrol engine which now delivered 360 horsepower. The car had a carbon-fiber airbox and as a result, it sounds perhaps as well as improve noise and performance. The car also got rated suspension brakes and a quicker steering rack as well. And that made it even better to drive and quicker around a circuit.
It’s also got semi-slick tires as well for improved corner handling grip. Though of course, it’s quite easy to still light up the rear tires and do big skids in it. The M3 CSL is an absolutely gorgeous car only applying the ointment is a six field robotized manual SMG automatic gearbox. Which is just a little bit clunky no wonder many owners actually convert them to manuals. Now if you fancy buying an E46 M3 CSL they are quite rare less than 1400 were made. As a result to hold their value very well you’re looking up easily over 50 grand for a decent.
