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Video: Is this BMW M3 prototype powered by an inline or V6?

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Filed under: Sedan , Performance , Videos , BMW , Luxury It started with a four-cylinder, graduated to six and then eight cylinders, and now might be settling back down to six. The next-generation F80 BMW M3 , caught testing around the homeland, has let its voice be heard, and the suspicions are that a V6, not a BMW-traditional inline six, rumbles through those pipes. Bimmerfile posits that a V6 could be “loosely based on the M5 ′s S63 twin-turbo V8, but with even greater high-end power and efficiency.” Whatever is under that hood – and whatever is handling that lightning-quick gear change, don’t quite sound like anything that’s come straight from the factory before, at least to our ears. Follow the jump to watch and listen for yourself and make a guess in Comments

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Video: Is this BMW M3 prototype powered by an inline or V6?

Video: Vicki from Fifth Gear takes BMW’s M3 GTS out for some fun in the rain

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Europe , Videos , BMW , Racing 2011 BMW M3 GTS – Click above to view video after the jump Vicki Butler-Henderson has driven her fair share of amazing cars. She started racing karts when she was a kid, has been an instructor at Silverstone and has been a TV host and automotive journalist since the mid-1990s. Suffice it to say, it takes a lot to impress Ms.

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Video: BMW M3 Tiger Edition – The Movie

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , China , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , BMW , Luxury BMW M3 Tiger Edition – Click above to watch video after the jump BMW has gotten back into the short-film business to promote the new Tiger Edition M3 . The German automaker has a long history of turning out incredibly intricate promotions for its products, and we’re still absolutely hooked on The Hire series starring Clive Owen and a bevy of other big-name actors. The company knows how to flip all the right cinematic switches, and it has applied that knowledge to the first advertisement for the feline-themed M3. As we find out in the film, the Tiger Edition isn’t made in honor of any old Bengal or Siberian tiger – oh no

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Turner Motorsports prepping one-of-30 BMW M3 Frozen Gray coupes for racing

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Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , BMW , Racing We tend to live by the mantra that no car is too rare to drive. Even the most unique pieces of automotive history were designed and built to be a mode of transportation first and a stationary object of desire second. The crew at Turner Motorsports has taken that philosophy to the next level – they believe there’s no such thing as a vehicle that’s too rare to race. Case in point

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BMW M3 Pure Edition comes from a Land Down Under

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Filed under: Coupe , Sedan , Performance , BMW , Australia If there’s another place on Earth where they love V8 sedans and coupes as much as Americans, surely it’s Australia . It’s the land of the V8 Supercars series, Holden Commodores, FPV Falcons, Eric Bana’s beloved beast and the country that gave us back the Pontiac GTO and the underpinnings for the latest Chevy Camaro . And with the Germans leading the charge these days with the likes of the BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG , it’s only fitting that the Land Down Under should get its own special edition. Following the release of the Frozen Gray edition and word of the upcoming Tiger edition for China comes news of a special M3 just for Australia.

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More BMW M3 Tiger Edition photos surface

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , China , BMW , Luxury BMW M3 Tiger Edition for the Chinese market – Click above for high-res image gallery BMW ‘s new Joy ad campaign looks to have made it to China with the M3 Tiger – or as one Autoblog commenter called it, “the M3 by Ed Hardy.” Part of the continued celebration of a quarter century of M3 s and the year of the tiger, the limited edition coupe took part in a photo shoot with a supporting cast so excited about the car they spend most of their time airborne. On a more mundane note, the Fire Orange Metallic M3 will have black exterior accents and 19-inch wheels, while black Novilla leather will coat the inside and orange tiger heads are embroidered into the headrests. Only 250 M3 Tigers are set for production, and that may be 249 more than the world needs.

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