Ultimate Parts Car: 1997 Bmw M3 Base Coupe 2-door 3.2l 95% Stock! Single Owner! on 2040-cars
Austin, Texas, United States
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NOTE: first and last pictures are from 2012 after paint job. Interior picture is from 2012 after restoration. After a detailing however it won't look unlike this. More recent pictures included of all sides. I am the original owner of this car. The motor was from a 2000 M roadster (last year they made stock engine). Car has 241,000 miles exactly. Drove like a champ until the day it died (thought it was a blown coil pack). This car has basically EVERY STOCK OPTION: 0) Engine is from 2000 M roadster and had about 150,000 miles. Car had 241,000 miles exactly when it died. 17) ASC Delete (parts provided) 18) No glove box sag! 19) BMW Motorsport Door handles (brand new drivers handle included not installed yet) 20) 6 CD Changer in trunk was recently replaced 21) Brand new UUC Motorwerks Short Shifter installed November 2013 - one month before car died 22) Brand new EVAP in trunk. 23) Rear end was rebuilt in 2010 with welding. 24) Leather eBrake. 25) Bosch glass headlights 26) Clear corners with Invisibulbs. 27) Most repairs documented on M3Forum where this car was famous! I will offer 7 day email support for the first 30 days! 28) Metal pedals. 29) ALL Light bulbs work on all electronics! 30) Digital Climate control with no missing pixels. 31) OBC with deluxe options from Lux Pxg 32) Lowered (H&R black springs for street) 33) Bilstein shocks 34) LTW Rims (Staggered - no full spare) 35) Rear spoiler with new Cyclops light. 36) Motorsport side badges. 37) New fuel pump and both floats working in gas tank. 38) Three-spoke steering wheel with tricolor M stitching and airbag (no airbag light). 39) Brand-new fog lights with premium bulbs. 40) Plastic underbelly just installed 1 month before it died - front end was never so tight. This car could still do 0-60 in under 6 seconds until the day it died. See video for more! I loved this car and kept it so mint that in 2012 when it was painted and I restored the interior it was literally better than the day I bought it, given all the upgrades. Video (of 2 days before they broke windshield Sat - pm me for video of windshield). http://s1261.photobucket.com/user/kirkpatricknn/media/WP_20140612_007_zps0182daf1.mp4.html Thus, I am not parting it out - I am hoping someone who has an engine and some expertise will restore this to its glory days! |
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This is the final BMW M3 Coupe
Fri, 05 Jul 2013Pour some out for the BMW M3 Coupe, folks. Production of the two-door, fixed-roof M3 has officially ended, and the orange car you see here is the very last one.
But we don't just meant the last M3 Coupe of this generation - this is the last M3 Coupe ever, since the next-gen car will launch under the name M4, staying true to BMW's revised nomenclature where coupes and convertibles will use even numbers. (Don't forget, the new 3 Series coupe becomes the 4 Series for the 2014 model year.) There will, of course, be a new M3, but that badge will only be found on the four-door version.
BMW first launched the M3 Coupe in 1986, and since then, more than 40,000 examples have been built. Sedan and convertible versions were added later in the car's life, and BMW says that the current 2013 model year convertible will remain in production until September of this year.
2014 BMW i3
Thu, 24 Oct 2013We can only imagine the challenges BMW is going to have explaining the i3 electric vehicle to the world. It's got a new powertain (all-electric, with optional range extender), a new production method (carbon fiber reinforced plastic!), a new brand (the 'i' line) and a new vehicle type (it's a city car). Despite everything that's different, BMW is still trying to talk about the i3 as if it fits in with the rest of the company's vehicles. But it doesn't. Not really. And that's going to make the marketing and salespeoples' jobs quite difficult.
Which is a shame, really, since the i3 is amazing. If it didn't carry the BMW 'heritage' baggage, people would be falling over each other to sing its praises. This is one of the smoothest, roomiest and slickest electric vehicles we've ever driven, with a lot of hidden surprises. It is a wonderful city car, and well designed for the car-sharing, emissions-aware drivers of the near future. But since the i3 carries the BMW name, everyone we ran into while cruising the narrow streets of and flat countryside around Amsterdam in a Euro-spec i3 recently wanted to know one thing: is it "a BMW" as well as being an electric car? During one photo shoot, a police car pulled up next to us, totally stopping traffic. While my co-driver and I instantly thought we were going to be asked to move, the officer simply wanted to know what the scoop was about all the i3s he had seen that day. Oh, and does it drive like a BMW?
We'll answer that question in detail below. The most important thing to remember is that the BMW i3 comes from the new "i" sub-brand within BMW. Like Mini, the i line really is a different beast, despite the roundel's presence. So, what makes a BMW a BMW? The answer is as easy as ABC. Or, in this case, as simple as Bayerische Motoren Werke, or Bavarian Motor Works.
GRAND-AM, IMSA announce deal to bring DTM racing to US
Fri, 29 Mar 2013It won't be until 2015 at the earliest, but the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), Grand-Am and the Internationale Tourenwagen-Rennen have agreed to a licensing and cooperation deal that could bring a version of Germany's DTM series to the US.
When the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am are officially combined next year, the resulting body will be called United SportsCar Racing (USCR). IMSA will be the sanctioning body for that series, and DTM races could be run as support events. It was also suggested by an ALMS chief that DTM races could be standalone or join NASCAR and IndyCar weekends.
With the so-called DTM America finally agreed to, there is now a way for manufacturers to run the same DTM-type cars in Europe, the US and Japan - last year Japan's Super GT series agreed to adopt "the basic technical regulations" of DTM for the GT500 class, the top class in the series. That already puts six manufacturers in play: Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW that run in Germany's DTM and Honda, Nissan and Lexus that run in Super GT. The DTM oversight body has invited American brands to Germany for the opening round of the 2013 season, and will begin actively courting their participation in the US series. Check out the press release from Audi with comments on the deal below.