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2010-12-20, 08:07 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/bmw-1-series-m-coupe-w-e30-m3.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/20/video-over-11-minutes-of-bmw-1-series-m-coupe-and-e30-m3-hotnes/#continued) BMW 1 Series M Coupe and E30 M3 – Click to watch the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/20/video-over-11-minutes-of-bmw-1-series-m-coupe-and-e30-m3-hotnes/#continued)
The beauty of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/1+series+m+coupe/) isn't that the bean-counters let their best performance engineers have at the smallest car in the range. The real beauty is that the car goes back to the very roots of the M division, before the M3 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/m3) went all V8 on us and took a hefty weight penalty in the process.
To illustrate the point, BMW (http://www.autoblog.com/make/bmw) took the new coupe out to the track, and brought along its spiritual predecessor, the original E30 M3. Fortunately for us, they filmed the encounter – all 11 and a half minutes of it. And while half of it is stock promotional footage, there's a good few minutes of on-track action spliced in for good measure. Check it out in the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/20/video-over-11-minutes-of-bmw-1-series-m-coupe-and-e30-m3-hotnes/#continued).
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/12/bmw-1-series-m-coupe-w-e30-m3.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/20/video-over-11-minutes-of-bmw-1-series-m-coupe-and-e30-m3-hotnes/#continued) BMW 1 Series M Coupe and E30 M3 – Click to watch the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/20/video-over-11-minutes-of-bmw-1-series-m-coupe-and-e30-m3-hotnes/#continued)
The beauty of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/1+series+m+coupe/) isn't that the bean-counters let their best performance engineers have at the smallest car in the range. The real beauty is that the car goes back to the very roots of the M division, before the M3 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/m3) went all V8 on us and took a hefty weight penalty in the process.
To illustrate the point, BMW (http://www.autoblog.com/make/bmw) took the new coupe out to the track, and brought along its spiritual predecessor, the original E30 M3. Fortunately for us, they filmed the encounter – all 11 and a half minutes of it. And while half of it is stock promotional footage, there's a good few minutes of on-track action spliced in for good measure. Check it out in the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/20/video-over-11-minutes-of-bmw-1-series-m-coupe-and-e30-m3-hotnes/#continued).