BMW fans have been begging for an M3 小旅行するing 広い地所 for １０年間s - now it's here, is it 価値（がある） the wait?

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Almost for as long as there has been a BMW M3 there's been people 需要・要求するing the German outfit builds an 広い地所 見解／翻訳／版.?

The 初めの 3 Series 'M' saloon dates all the way 支援する to 1986. Ask a Beemer 熱中している人 what they've 手配中の，お尋ね者 for Christmas in the 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるing three １０年間s and they'll probably say an '小旅行するing' variant of the iconic 業績／成果 car.

井戸／弁護士席, now it's finally here.

But has it been 価値（がある） the wait? We spent a week with arguably the most 心配するd BMW of all time to find out.

Has it been 価値（がある） the wait? The BMW M3 小旅行するing is a car that's been in the making for over 30 year. Now that it's 結局 利用できる, does it live up to its 法案ing? We spent a week with o ne to find out...

BMW M3 小旅行するing - what 正確に／まさに is it?

Essentially, in five words: a petrolhead's dream family car.

For years, the BMW M3 has been the market's 主要な (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 急速な／放蕩な saloon.?But while it has always been able to 輸送（する） a brood of four in 慰安 with ample luggage space, it has 欠如（する）d the ultra-practical dimensions of a 負担-lugging 広い地所... until now.

Think of the M3 小旅行するing - which went on sale at the beginning of 2023 - as one of the fastest transporters of flat-pack wardrobes; the 勝利者 of the 'take a knackered fridge 凍結する to the 再生利用するing centre Grand Prix'; a モーター that 誇るs bundles of horsepower 同様に as boot space for a couple of Labradors.

At its 商売／仕事 end is the three-litre, twin-turbo, inline six-cylinder 石油 powerplant 解除するd from under the bonnet of the M3 Saloon and M4 クーデター.

The symphoni c six 生成するs a staggering 503bhp, which is 配達するd to all four wheels 経由で an eight-速度(を上げる） gearbox.

ーに関して／ーの点でs of 業績／成果, the 統計（学） are what you'd 推定する／予想する to see on the spec sheet of a lightweight sports car - not a 船-like family モーター with a retractable 小包 shelf.

A sprint from 行き詰まり to 62mph is over and done with in 3.6 seconds. A noisy 3.6 seconds it is too.

As 基準, BMW 申し込む／申し出s a [sensible] electronically 限られた／立憲的な 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） to 155mph - but 支払う／賃金 the Bavarian brand an 付加 £2,305 and they'll 配達／演説／出産 you one with an 'M Driver' pack that 削除するs this 制限 and 手渡す you the 重要なs to a 180mph torpedo with five seats.

The 初めの 3 Series 'M' saloon dates all the way 支援する to 1986 - a year before the first big-booted 小旅行するing 開始する，打ち上げるd. Beemer 熱中している人s have been b egging for a combo of the two since

ーに関して／ーの点でs of 業績／成果, the 統計（学） are what you'd 推定する／予想する to see from a lightweight sports car - not a 船-like family モーター with a retractable 小包 shelf. A sprint from a 行き詰まり to 62mph is over and done with in 3.6 seconds

熱中している人s have 手配中の，お尋ね者 to sit here for １０年間s: With BMW 申し込む／申し出ing the M3 saloon and a 基準 3 Series 小旅行するing 手渡す-in-手渡す for more than 30 years, it's been long considered an overlooked 適切な時期 by the German car 巨大（な）. In this time it's become the biggest 'why 港／避難所't they make one yet?' cars that I can remember

What's all the fuss about BMW making an M3 小旅行するing??

For as long as I can remember, there's been a 教団 petrolhead obsession? with potent 広い地所 cars.

It's because of their blend of 組織／臓器-adjusting 業績／成果 and spacious 柔軟性. This means one 選び出す／独身 一括 that's both brilliant to 運動 and 平等に 有能な to を取り引きする any 需要・要求する that family life throws at you.

With BMW 申し込む／申し出ing the M3 saloon and a 基準 3 Series 小旅行するing a longside one another in showrooms for more than 30 years, the idea of 連合させるing the two? has long been considered an overlooked 適切な時期 by the German car 巨大（な）. It's the biggest 'why 港／避難所't they make one yet?' car that I can think of.

However, you can't 非難する BMW for its hesitation.?

The German brand is 井戸／弁護士席 aware that turning one of its 小旅行するing models into a 十分な-血d 'M' car doesn't always pan out.?

They've tried it twice with the M5, resulting in pretty appalling sales 人物／姿／数字s when new - though both examples have 殺到するd in value of late 予定 to a fresh 評価 の中で collectors.

And BMW's タイミング to bring an M3 小旅行するing to market now seems strange to say the least.?

Factor in the 妨げるing 禁止（する） on sales of 石油 and ディーゼル cars - with BMW itself 見積（る）ing that half of its 全世界の sales will be electric by 2030 - and the 漸進的な demise in appetite for 広い地所 models while SUVs are the flavour of the month/year/１０年間, it does beg the question as to why Beemer bosses think now is the time to 解放（する） an M3 小旅行するing...

Think of the M3 小旅行するing as one of the fastest transporters of flat-pack wardrobes

At its 商売／仕事 end is the three-litre, twin-turbo, inline six-cylinder 石油 powerplant 解除するd from under the bonnet of the M3 Saloon and M4 クーデター

As 基準, BMW 申し込む／申し出s a sensible electronically 限られた／立憲的な 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） to 155mph - but 支払う／賃金 the Bavarian brand an 付加 £2,305 and they'll 配達／演説／出産 you one with an 'M Driver' pack that 削除するs this 制限 and 手渡す you the 重要なs to a 180mph torpedo with five seats

What's it like to 運動? And does it feel like a proper M car??

にもかかわらず BMW's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to switch to six-マリファナ powerplants for the 業績／成果 saloon almost a １０年間 ago, the loss of two cylinders doesn't make the 広い地所 any いっそう少なく 残虐な under acceleration than M3 models that have superseded it.

It pulls hard at low revs, but this incredibly ruthless engine gathers 速度(を上げる） even faster に向かって the 最高の，を越す end, encouraging you to work it hard when you have the chance to hustle it along.

The gear 転換s are 比較して sharp, though the 従来の eight-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 gearbox 欠如（する）s the 柔軟性 of a more sophisticated 二重の-clutch 体制／機構.

Will it fit in my garage? BMW M3 Touri ng

Price: from £87,825

Length: 4,794mm

Width: 1,903mm

高さ: 1,436mm

Wheelbase: 2,857mm.

Engine: 3.0-litre straight-six inline M TwinPower Turbo 石油

力／強力にする: 503bhp

伝達／伝染:?8-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃

0-62mph: 3.6 seconds

0-124mph: 12.9 seconds

最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）: 155mph (derestricted to 180mph with £2,305 M Driver 一括)

燃料 economy: 27.2mpg to 28mpg

CO2 放出／発行s: 229g/km to 235g/km

Boot capacity:?500 litres (拡大するing tor 1,510 litres with three 後部 seats 倍のd 負かす／撃墜する)

For instance, 押し進める fractionally too ひどく on the throttle when pottering through a town centre and the M3 小旅行するing will assume you're wanting to thrash it within an インチ of its life, 持つ／拘留するing the revs high in 予期 - which can be やめる embarrassing if there's a kerbside audience.

And the sound that permeates from under the bonnet and out the four enormous exhaust 出口s is 長，率いる-turningly raucous - though still no match for the 演劇 of a V8, say the one in the Audi RS6 Avant, for example.

But you can't level the same 批評 at the M3 小旅行するing for the way it 扱うs the twisty stuff.

にもかかわらず the extra 本体，大部分／ばら積みの, longer 団体／死体 and higher bootlid, it feels wonderfully balanced and 工場／植物d without any 団体／死体 roll, even in the softest of the adaptable 運動ing 方式s.

The ride is, as you'd imagine from a 乗り物 with enormous 19-インチ wheels at the 前線 and even larger 20-インチ 縁s at the 支援する, on the 会社／堅い 味方する. It does an appeasing 職業 of 吸収するing most uneven road surfaces, though not if you fail to take evasive pothole 活動／戦闘.

While '慰安' is the setting I used most 一般的に - 特に with the wife and our five-month-old baby onboard - every 孤独な excursion was 完全にするd with the dial 負傷させる to 'Sport'.

It makes this bounding 広い地所 feel even more hunkered, 追加するs 負わせる to the steering and gives the impression that you can place the 前線 end wherever you want it as you enter a corner at 速度(を上げる）.

出口 the bend and any sensation of 業績／成就 is 即時に quashed by the feeling that you could have taken the turn at a far greater pace without flummoxing the elongated M car どれでも.?

Can you get it out of 形態／調整? This isn't something I try - or would recommend - on public roads, にもかかわらず the 潜在的に goading 新規加入 of an 'M Drift Analyser' that can 率 the 質 of your 力／強力にする-事情に応じて変わる 技術s.

What I can say is the M3 小旅行するing never manages to 遂行する that magical feat of feeling like it 縮むs around you when travelling at pace. I was always aware that I was 転換ing the 本体，大部分／ばら積みの of a sizable モーター, which was a tad disappointing.

So, is it worthy of the 'M' badge, then? 絶対 yes, and with the 肺-emptying stopping 力／強力にする to match its incredible capacity to gather 速度(を上げる）.

The M3 小旅行するing's 503bhp in-line six cylinder pulls hard at low revs, but this incredibly ruthless powerplant gathers 速度(を上げる） even faster に向かって the 最高の，を越す end, encouraging you to work it hard wh en you have the chance to hustle it around

The sound that permeates from under the bonnet and out the four enormous exhaust 出口s is 長，率いる-turningly raucous - though still no match for the 演劇 of a V8, say the one in the Audi RS6 Avant, for example

Is it practical??

In a word, yes. In fact, it's just as practical as a 従来の 3 Series 小旅行するing.

The same boot capacity of 500 litres is spread across an almost 完全に square area, which is ideal for 負担ing both large and small 反対するs - 含むing a 倍のd-負かす／撃墜する pushchair.

The 新規加入 of a separate 後部 window 開始 to the tailgate is a 広大な／多数の／重要な feature for when you want to quickly 減少（する） items into the 支援する - and one I used more freque ntly than I thought I would have done before taking 配達／演説／出産.

ーに関して／ーの点でs of 内部の space, there can't be any （民事の）告訴s here either. The 支援する feels perfectly roomy, even for taller adults, and there's ample 肘 and 長，率いる room up 前線.

The boot capacity of 500 litres is spread across an almost 完全に square area, which is ideal for 負担ing both large and small 反対するs - 含むing a 倍のd-負かす／撃墜する pushchair

ーに関して／ーの点でs of 内部の space, there can't be any （民事の）告訴s here either. There's ample 肘 and 長，率いる room up 前線

乗客s in the 後部 will be happy too. The 支援する feels perfectly roomy, even for taller adults

What's not as 十分な in the roominess department is the optional 炭素-支援するd bucket seats, which were 含むd in our 実験（する） car as part of a ludicrously expensive 選択 pack.

They're brilliantly 人物／姿／数字-hugging and surprisingly comfortable on long 旅行s - the only problem i s getting in and out of them.?

A 炭素 fibre lump between your 脚s - which I now 言及する to as the coccyx 殺し屋 - makes it feel like an ultra-安全な・保証する 議長，司会を務める on one of those fairground rides that catapults you metres in the 空気／公表する 経由で a pair of elastic 禁止（する）d.?

Trying to get seated can end in an unplanned colonoscopy, while getting out 要求するs the 柔軟性 of a professional contortionist. I 簡単に couldn't を取り引きする it every day.?

Also 価値（がある） について言及するing is the infotainment system, which is carried over from the M3 saloon.

With the optional 炭素-支援するd sports seats with this lump in the middle, trying to get into the M3 小旅行するing usually ends in an unplanned colonoscopy, while getting out 要求するs the 柔軟性 of a prof essional contortionist

While you can navigate the main 審査する in a variety of ways - dabbing the touchscreen, 新たな展開ing the swivel wheel in the centre console or yelling ‘Hey BMW’ to the 発言する／表明する 命令（する） system -, some of the menus are over 居住させるd and 簡単に too distracting on the move

The 抱擁する, curved, hi-def 陳列する，発揮する （期間が）わたるs the whole dashboard, 連合させるing a 12.3-インチ 数字表示式の drivers 陳列する，発揮する and a 14.9-インチ infotainment 審査する with Apple CarPlay and Android 自動車.

While you can navigate the main 審査する in a variety of ways - dabbing the touchscreen, 新たな展開ing the swivel wheel in the centre console or yelling ‘Hey BMW’ to the 発言する／表明する 命令（する） system -, some of the dis play menus are over 居住させるd with icons and therefore very distracting on the move.

The Cars & モーターing 判決: Has it been 価値（がある） the wait?

Let's get の上に a sore 支配する - the price. The M3 小旅行するing is incredibly expensive for what it is...

For this entire review, I've been 避けるing arguably the biggest and most important stat of all - the price.

That's because the M3 小旅行するing doesn't （犯罪の）一味 in cheap. Far from it, in fact.

Order a 基準 one without a 選び出す／独身 選択 and it will 始める，決める you 支援する a whopping £87,825 (at the time of publishing).

To put that into 状況, it's more than 二塁打 the price of the cheapest 従来の 3 Series 小旅行するing (the 320i Sport 石油), which starts from?£42,395.

And when you start to spec an M3 広い地所 to how you'd ideally want it, the total price 辛勝する／優位s closer and closer to six 人物／姿／数字s with every 新規加入.

Those inexplicably difficult to 接近 炭素 seats, they're part of a wider pack that costs an extra?£7,090.

The 'M Driver pack' - which 打ち明けるs the 180mph 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） and drift analyser - is another £2,305.

he 天文学の cost aside, the M3 小旅行するing lives up to the 法案 that we all hoped BMW would build

As you might have guessed, our 実験（する） car - finished in expensive matte paint - 越えるd £100,000.?

And when you consider its biggest 競争相手 - the Audi RS 4 Avant - starts at?£71,545, you quickly realise BMW is probably taking advantage of your three-１０年間 giddy 予期?for an M3 小旅行するing by making you 支払う／賃金 through the nose for one.

The costs don't stop 開始するing once you've 購入（する）d it, either.?

公式の／役人 燃料 economy stats say you'll get a little over 27 miles to the gallon on a 比較して tame run. We tried to better this but failed woefully.

And the CO2 放出／発行s are so high that you are 速く lining the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長's pockets 経由で exorbitant 年次の 乗り物 Excise 義務 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s.

Yet, 天文学の costs aside, the M3 小旅行するing does live up to it's long-延滞の 法案ing. It is all the car we had hoped it would be.

十分な of character and wonderfully versatile, petrolhead parents will adore how it 運動s - and the 緩和する with which it 輸送（する）s their family.