2009 M3 gets 500HP factory V10

[!Xoible]

Originally Posted by Mx3

M3 not even mentioned in the ariticle. Come on! Might as well say the future M3 will have 1,000 horespower and will have wings.

Actually it will

[MI6]

Originally Posted by Mx3

M3 not even mentioned in the ariticle. Come on! Might as well say the future M3 will have 1,000 horespower and will have wings.

And will still have "numb" steering.........

[lucid]

Originally Posted by MI6

And will still have "numb" steering.........

[chonko]

Originally Posted by K3N R3D

Yeh but its kinda rediculous. Not gona happen. Not for the next 5 years at least. If it ever will.

M3 with V10 will probably happen in the next two or three M3 generations, after the M group has wrung out the last drop of performance from the v8 engine. But within the next 14 years or so, a V10 M3 is highly unlikely.

[bambam]

not v10 but a v8 with about 480hp, maybe

[Tobizach]

LOL Now a (m3 v10) car like that would probably get 11 mpg or 3 with some fun driving

[Leg]

Originally Posted by Mx3

M3 not even mentioned in the ariticle. Come on! Might as well say the future M3 will have 1,000 horespower and will have wings.

About chuffing time, finally a way around those jams! Where do I order one?

[ynotony]

Originally Posted by chonko

M3 with V10 will probably happen in the next two or three M3 generations, after the M group has wrung out the last drop of performance from the v8 engine. But within the next 14 years or so, a V10 M3 is highly unlikely.

Within the next 14-21 years I think there will be some MAJOR paradigm shifts in the automotive world. Shifts that will probably negate a V10 from ever existing in an M3, I'm sorry to say.

[m_bazeepaymon]

i guess M5's finance and lease rates will be dropping fast 1 day

[chonko]

Originally Posted by ynotony

Within the next 14-21 years I think there will be some MAJOR paradigm shifts in the automotive world. Shifts that will probably negate a V10 from ever existing in an M3, I'm sorry to say.

Amen to that.
No need to be apologetic.

[nusevad]

No way they will upgrade it a year later, its impossible. A CSL version will come out a few years later but a 500 HP M3 with V10, you must be dreaming.

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by ynotony

Within the next 14-21 years I think there will be some MAJOR paradigm shifts in the automotive world. Shifts that will probably negate a V10 from ever existing in an M3, I'm sorry to say.

Agree. We are in the golden era of internal combustion. Global Warming and diminishing Dino Juice reserves will force serious change on the industry. Not necessarily bad, just change. There will always be a performance segment, whether it is utilizing hybrid, hydorogen, Oto cycle or chipmunks.