as bar an occasional turbo failure the F80 is proving very reliable. And it’s still new enough to add a BMW warranty. It’s still possible to own an M3 without breaking the bank, but you do ...

Over the years, tweaks to the BMW’s chassis and drivetrain calibration helped, but it wasn’t until the M3 Competition version arrived that the F80 M3’s potential was finally realised.

Seven years after the BMW E90 and E92 M3 debuted, BMW ditched the naturally aspirated ethos in favor of turbocharging. The F80 M3 would not only serve as a sort of return to form, reverting to an ...