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Video: The BMW M3 Saloon is a four-door family rocketship

Our 2015 BMW M3 Saloon video review is here. Put down whatever it is you were doing, hit the play button and treat your eyeballs to one of the performance cars of the year.

Let’s get the bad news out of the way. The M3 coupe is dead. It doesn’t exist any more. BMW will henceforth only offer the M3 in four-door saloon form. If you want your two-door coupe itch scratched you’ll need to opt for the BMW M4

Can we move on now? Happy? Good, because although the new, slightly sensible M3 is carrying a pair of extra doors, it’s every bit the motorised maniac. BMW has ditched the 4.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 that powered the previous M3 in favour of a 3.0-litre turbocharged engine. 

This unit provides marginally more power, with all of it available near the 7,600rpm redline, and 40 per cent more torque – deployed seemingly the moment the shadow of your big toe crosses the accelerator. 

0-62mph is taken care of in 4.1 seconds.  Top speed is limited to 155mph, though the  Performance Pack upgrade takes the shackles off for a 174mph peak velocity. 

The M3 Saloon is flipping' good fun.
The M3 Saloon is flipping’ good fun.

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