Featuring an 8,000-rpm redline, a perfectly balanced chassis, and a distinctive exhaust roar, the E46 M3 is often considered the ultimate M3.

For the 2001 through 2006 BMW M3 model years, third-gen E46 variants delivered the goods via a 3.2-liter inline-six making 333 hp. Of all the BMW M3 generations, only the fourth-gen E90 series ...

Your passenger won’t get why the E30 BMW M3 is so revered ... Yet even in the company of the E46 M3 CSL and the much-lauded M2 CS, it still looks fantastic. You have to wonder why nobody ...

Mention BMW’s M3 to anyone with even a modicum of superunleaded running through their veins and the first thing that will come to mind is the iconic, motorsport-inspired E30. It isn’t fast by ...