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 -
Quarter mile 13.2 seconds
0-100-0 mph -
Engine
Power 252 kw (338hp / 343 ps)
Torque 365 Nm (269 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 79 kw/liter
Fastestlaps.com stats
FL Rank Position - 121/1312, 11 points
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Fastest Lap Times (12)

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TrackTimePosition Faster thanSlower than
Nordschleife8:22111/210Mercedes C 55 AMG Chevrolet Camaro SS 2010 
Top Gear Track1:31.882/118BMW 130i Nissan 350Z (283bhp) 
Vairano Handling Course1:22.59951/126Maserati Coupe GranSport BMW Z4 M Roadster 
Oschersleben1:50.0037/117Mitsubishi Evo VII Porsche 986 Boxster S (262bhp) 
Hockenheim Short1:16.396/408Lamborghini Diablo SV Ferrari 612 Scaglietti 
Motovision handling course19.7924/52Porsche 987 Boxster Porsche Cayman S 
Anglesey52.812/43Nissan 350Z (283bhp) Lotus Exige 240R 
Autozeitung test track1:44.557/451BMW 650i Mercedes SL 500 
Tsukuba1:07.1154/184Lotus Elise S2 Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R 
Serres Racing Circuit1:35.159/86Subaru Impreza WRX STi Audi S5 
Laguna Seca1:41.9158/25Porsche 997 Turbo Audi R8 
Jarama1:53.367/47BMW Z8 Porsche 996 Carrera 

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Community comments (11)

Georg 12/05/07, 12:39:12
0-200km/h 16.8s auto motor und sport 1/2003

linksy 16/02/08, 01:21:32
that 0-200km/h time is wrong, its for the E92 M3!

Georg 17/02/08, 14:20:46
the time is correct... 1/2003 was no e92 M3 in production ;)

Georg3 26/03/08, 04:00:37
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 09/05/08, 09:54:58
0-100 is 5.2 sec (BMW SPECS). Maybe this is us spec or 0-60 'mph'?

Georg 09/05/08, 10:03:27
4.8s was clocked by auto motor und sport in 1/2003 and again in 01/2005 by sportauto

Driftkikker 09/05/08, 10:10:11
Ok! I thought only official figures are used here :) Hope you know what i mean with the 5,2 sec.

BMW 09/05/08, 12:49:43
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 09/05/08, 16:27:40
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".

BMW 09/05/08, 17:18:11
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 14/07/08, 11:45:47
the Laguna Seca source claim race tires... and there are so many different M3 Laguna Seca laptimes?

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