Can depreciation convince us to all truly start loving the last combustion-only M3?
3.0-litre straight-six petrol twin-turbo, rear- or all-wheel driveFine quality, not many problemsToday we’re looking at the G80 BMW M3 Competition saloon which went on sale in the UK in the first half of 2021 at a recommended retail price of £75,660. For £1,330 on top of that you could have it with two fewer doors in the G82 coupe version, launched at the same time as the saloon but built at Dingolfing rather than Munich.
Sorry about the avalanche of factory codes and numbers. Power figures of over 500hp have become almost humdrum these days but it would be wrong to downplay the achievement of 3-second 0-62mph times in a four-door family saloon. The harder-accelerating xDrives outnumber the RWD cars by a factor of around four to one on the UK used market, but in terms of pricing and affordability there’s nothing much between them. The cheapest RWD on sale in the UK at the time of writing was this, with plenty of choice around that price point making it possible for you to get a lower mileage or a more fruity-looking car for a small additional amount of cash .
BMW began phasing out its seven-speed dual-clutch transmissions – even in M division cars – in 2018 with the F90 M5, on the grounds that the eight-speed ZF 8HP Steptronic was as fast as the DCT. It also had an extra gear which allowed for closer ratios between gears, and it delivered better fuel economy.
As in previous M3s, you could set up the G80 M3 Comp’s engine, chassis and steering independently of each other. Although electromagnetic valves constantly adjusted the damping rates in the standard adaptive M suspension you still had three overall damper settings to choose from, namely Comfort, Sport and Sport+. Two permanently storeable individual M Setups allowed you to bundle up your preferred settings for stability control, auto start-stop, trans shift characteristics and engine noise.
The BMW grille thing has been done to death so we won’t harp on about that here except to say that you might think it suits the M3 rather better than it does lesser models. There have been reports of milsaligned front bumpers and of wind noise from the driver’s door. The M3 Comp benefitted from the big advances in interior space brought in by the new 3 Series from which it sprouted.
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