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Community comments (29)
Georg 3 years ago
linksy 2 years ago
that 0-200km/h time is wrong, its for the E92 M3!
Georg 2 years ago
Georg3 2 years ago
Please delete Tsukuba lap time - 1:05.439. There is no indication what spec it
is running on. The lap time was set during competition and this may be a
modified M3.
Driftkikker 2 years ago
0-100 is 5.2 sec (BMW SPECS).
Maybe this is us spec or 0-60 'mph'?
Georg 2 years ago
Driftkikker 2 years ago
Ok! I thought only official figures are used here :)
Hope you know what i mean with the 5,2 sec.
BMW 2 years ago
The 5,2 figure is right.
That's the official 0-100 time according to the books.
However the M3 engine name is not R6 but S54.
FastestLaps 2 years ago
BMW 2 years ago
Ok, i was confused because there's also an BMW engine that's named R6.
But i get the point haha.
Thanks for clearify.
Georg 2 years ago
florin 1 year ago
i have a m3 e46 and i liKE 0-100 in 4.8 and 0-200 in 16.8 but i think those are
CSL specs
Anonymous 1 year ago
no, csl specs are much faster, 0-60mph in 4.4- 0-100kph 4.8 for the csl and
o-100mph 10.5-0-160kph 10.6. but it all depends on the driver!
Anonymous 1 year ago
Just to show you how slow this car is compare the 997gt2 did 45 seconds faster
on the ring than this car, bmw cars are definitly not track cars. So what are
they good for???
venom 1 year ago
Anonymous 1 year ago
how stupid are you?? your actually comparing a $53,000 333bhp NON track car to a
475bhp $193,000 PORSCHE track car, just how stupid are you..REALLY. and if you
ahvent noticed BMW's CSL is only 4 SECONDS of the 996 GT2's time. and that only
has 360bhp and still costing $73,000 LESS. so buddy, eat sht and stop wasting
everybodys time with your dumbass comments, your starting to sound like Adam
Eduardo Wood...and that AINT ad good thing!!!!!!!
supercharger 1 year ago
How did this get such a good time at laguna seca faster than a current
generation e92 m3.
Wads 1 year ago
Habib 11 months ago
I have E55 W210 and i always beats this M3 after 165 km. The informtion here is
either wrong for E55 or M3.
Anonymous 11 months ago
I think 11sec 0-160 is a bit optomisitic guys...??
BumRush 11 months ago
Ben Doon & Phil MeCavity 9 months ago
Got mine to sub 11
bone 6 months ago
i got mine to Sub Way
george 3 months ago
WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE ON ABOUT... MY M3 E46 GOES 0-60 IN 4.6s. Try loosing some
weight :)
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M3 (E46) technical data
Performance
Max speed
155 miles/h (250 km/h)
0-100 km/h
4.8 seconds
0-160 km/h
11.0 seconds
0-200 km/h
16.8 seconds
0-300 km/h
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Quarter mile
13.2 seconds
0-100-0 mph
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Engine
Power
252 kw (338 bhp / 343 ps)
Torque
365 Nm (270 lb-ft)
Displacement
3.2 liters
Engine type
R6
Engine location
front
General data
Gearbox
6 speed
Drive
rear
Mass
1565 kilograms (3443 lbs)
Weight distribution
49.9 / 50.1
Year of introduction
2000
Home country
Germany
Calculations
Power to Weight ratio
216.17 hp/tonne
Power per liter
78.84 kw/liter
Fastestlaps.com stats
FL Rank
Position - 1207/1206, 0 points
Page views
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0-200km/h 16.8s auto motor und sport 1/2003
In fastestlaps.com we don't have a seperate field for engine names/codenames.
What we have is a field titled "Engine type" and "R6" is type of engine - not a
name. R6 stands for 6 cylinders in a (R)ow or you can also call it "inline 6".
this is not exactly what id call slow, especially for a 00 model. you obviously
dont understand the difference between performance and other stuff that costs
money. its like youre exppecting an m5 sedan to be as fast as a high-end porsche
round a twisty track.
The Laguna Seca time was set with an E46 that is stated as having race tyres and
350bhp..... its a good time but not stock so I've deleted it.
11.0 to 160kmh can be accurate, the fastest time i have seen has ben 11.3, but
11.0 is definetly possible.
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