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The official test drive of the new BMW M3 megportant convertible on the concrete runway of an abandoned airfield suggested by itself
And the creators of the Bavarian brand in Russia did not miss ...
As expected for a cost, we met the BMW M3 materiel purely theoretically. From their serial counterparts on the M3 clan from exterior elements, doors, stop-signals and trunk lid. The rest is completely original and unique. In pendants from the standard design, only two parts in the rear suspension were preserved, and even then secondary significance. If electronic engine control units of third-party manufacturers are installed on serial machines, say, the same Siemens, then on the cars of the M-series electronic brains of their own development of the BMW sports unit. Due to which the program of engine operation and all kinds of electronic rescue in the M3 have a significant difference from the same programs operating on ordinary boomers. For example, having activated the dynamic stabilization system (DSC) on the civilian version of the BMW, it is unlikely to break the car into the skid. However, on the M3, even being in working condition, the DSC system can allow the driver to put the car into a controlled skid, but at a limited angle. With the dynamic regime, M Dynamic BMW M3, the right to choose the future trajectory of traffic in full passes the driver. In short, the treshka is ready to indulge in any extreme whims of the owner.
For testing, the journalists were provided with BMW M3 in the bodies of the coupe and convertible. The first with a mechanical 6-speed KP. The second with a new automatic transmission with the code name M DKG. Under the hoods of machines the same V8 engines with a working volume of 4 liters, a capacity of 420 horses and a maximum torque of 400 nm.
With the BMW M3 on the handle everything is more or less clear. Davi on the gas pedal and stick the gears quickly. Of the hundreds, jump out in less than 5 seconds. Would you like to make a suspension tougher from the car? Turn on the sport mode. Tired of counting bumps and seams between concrete slabs with my spine? A pair of clicks on the button on the tidy or steering wheel and the suspension is converted into a state of comfort. There is an average mode of operation, the norm, in our opinion, is optimal. The golden middle is gold in every sense.
For those who like the active drive and the full power over the equipment, the BMW M3 will become a standard in their handling. Those who gravitate to calm defiling between pathos restaurants, M3 with a mechanical KP may seem too nervous, angry and too demanding to the steering. However, with the advent of a new transmission, M DKG, even in inexperienced drivers, has a chance to get a reputation as an experienced driver with a well -developed reaction.
The feature of the new automatic transmission M DKG is that two clutch drives are installed here. The first is responsible for the transmission of the torque when the odd transfers are turned on, the second when the even are turned on. As a result, the process of gear shift occurs extremely quickly, without the slightest failures and thoughtfulness. Sitting BMW M3 with a new box, you feel like a professional athlete, but, however, only on a straight line. When passing the on-duty snake or a steep turn, one still has to steer, and here the BMW M3 does not forgive errors. Although you can constantly ride with the system of dynamic stabilization on, and tell everyone that you move exclusively in M \u200b\u200bDynamic mode. True, there will be no joy from the drive, but the BMW M3 has been created exclusively for her.

BMW M3 is not tuning the stock version, but the fruit of the complex of original developments. Say, the engine in a treshka has nothing to do with standard power plants. It was created exclusively on the sporty nature of the car. Each engine cylinder is equipped with a separate throttle. At the same time, the total mass of the M3 engine is 15 kg less than that of the six -cylinder unit of the previous model.
Author Dmitry Kuzmin
 

Source: MKOMBILA magazine [June/2008]