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E92 M3 at Nordschleife 10/2007


"Ring Taxi" ride in the new E92 M3. BMW invited me to fly to Germany in early October, at my own expense, to participate (again, at my own expense) in an "Ultimate Driving Experience" with the all-new 2008 BMW M3. What made this invitation especially compelling was not only the fact that the new car will not be seen outside of Europe by the rest of the world until next May, but that the driving experience was to take place at The Nurburgring in Nurburg, Germany, site of the fabled "Nordschleife" racetrack, which is to driving what St. Andrew's is to golf. Not surprisingly, I came away from the experience completely sold not only on the new M3, but on the BMW brand in general; I had an epiphanic moment during one of our brainwashing sessions where I concluded (again, and once and for all, with permanent finality) that BMW's machines are worth every penny of premium over everything else on the planet. This realization arrived at the moment they revealed to us that every single car BMW makes ("Ultimate Driving Machines" in the US) must pass what must be the Ultimate Torture Test: 4000km of at-the-limit driving by one of BMW's test engineers around the Nordschleife, a mountain racetrack of 22km in length, with some 72 turns, and some of the most punishing tarmac in the world. BMW believes that, if a car can take 4000km of this sort of punishment, then it will be good for 250,000km in the real world (3 times longer than the car's warranty coverage). But besides durability and reliability, in order to get around the Nordschleife safely at speed, you MUST build a car with extraordinary handling characteristics, and the car must be able to communicate those characteristics to the driver. BMW does this better than any other maker.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: October 29, 2007 at 5:05 am
Author: abmwc

Length: 09:54
Rating: 4.79
Views: 15518

Tags: BMW  E92  M3  Nordschleife  Nurburgring  V8  

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randy25rhoads (September 3, 2008 at 3:09 pm)
It's amazing how the squeaky brakes simply make the car sexier...
blackaneeese (August 31, 2008 at 7:59 pm)
i want to do this so badly. ive driven the car on the street but cant imagine how i would do on the track were im not limited by trucks, slow camrys and the cops lol.
PencilGeek99 (August 8, 2008 at 3:48 am)
But what was up with the short-shifting? It sounded like he only exceeded 7000 RPM's once or twice over the entire ring? He always seemed like he was in the wrong gear in every turn. I would have chosen a gear to put me at 4500-5000 RPMs at the apex of every turn, not the 3000-3500 it sounded like on the video.
abmwc (August 8, 2008 at 1:28 am)
He was actually a pretty decent driver, "good" even. The guy who passes us midway through the lap, however, is EXCELLENT-- a VERY experienced Nurburgringer whom all the other drivers regard as "The Best". You have to remember that we had three people in the car, ostensibly "on holiday", and the last thing they want to do is embarrass themselves or the marque by screwing up. Our driver was good, but not exceptional; certainly "good enough" !
PencilGeek99 (August 7, 2008 at 9:35 pm)
I own one of these beasts (red also) with many mods already. This guy was short shifting and always seemed in the wrong gear at every corner. I wonder what a "good" driver could have done.
nveselinovic16v (July 12, 2008 at 9:49 am)
that is E46 CSL
blakepilot (May 3, 2008 at 11:33 pm)
i'll be there in august. can't wait.
kidblast01 (April 16, 2008 at 8:06 pm)
i clocked the guy at about 8:25 and he's got, what?, three people in the car? a nice leisurely pace. "sport auto" tested the m3 at 8:05 with michelin cup tyres. the old e49 csl did a 7:50, also with sport tyres. it would be interesting to see what a stock e92 could do with full suspension mods. dream on...
Orosereg (February 9, 2008 at 2:01 am)
Very nice video man!Thanks!
bimmer540iT (January 20, 2008 at 5:08 pm)
Cool drive and driver - thx. I'm doing the Nordschleife in '09! :D

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