2008 BMW M3 - America's Best Handling Car Contender

We test the 2008 BMW M3 for America's Best Handling Car competition. Read the story here:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/performance/112_0810_americas_best_handlin...

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[AMGfanBoy]

it has 309 kW or 420 PS or 414 bhp. do the math yourself. 1kW equals 1.34 bhp/hp

[bmrshw]

m/// power

[devilzmantis]

@chillybawls well, say that to Mustang Lovers in the US. They are always putting the M3 vs the Mustang.. but yah, there's no competition. The M3 is at another class to me.

[devilzmantis]

@kay19833 HUH? WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! I OWN AN M3 dork!

[kay19833]

@devilzmantis liste idiot,no america cars top around tracks,the Porsche gt2 rs ist faster around nurburgring than anything you dumb american could ever thik out building so keep watching cartrend and other american brainwashers,and wait till u meet a eurocar shows you where the hammer hangs when u meet one on the highway.

[Dimitri0809]

Lotus owns you all.

[chillybawls]

@devilzmantis no...the mustang isn't competing with the Germans at all. Your saying that an American muscle car with a 30k base price (gt) competes with German luxury saloons? Nobody in Germany is buying mustangs and nobody in America would be in the market for a foreign luxury saloon and a muscle car...

[chillybawls]

@n9athan in your dreams bro, I'd like to see you drive both and then you tell me. The m3 is by far easier to handle and communicates it much better. The mustang can come close or even beat it...only if you know what your doing and how to lay down the power. But any schmuck would scrape in an m3. It's just a better car. Look at the price difference? They shouldn't even be compared

[devilzmantis]

@Aliasify hey, i'm all for American cars... and i one day dream about American Mustangs to reign again like its golden age. I am happy to see that it's finally top around the tracks and not just drag racing... HOWEVER!!! and this is a BIG HOWEVER!! The Mustangs and the American sports cars have a long way to go to compete with the Germans. The next step American cars has to take is its design!! Boss gets black paint stripes? That's it?!!! come on!! Make it look more exotic and i will buy

[devilzmantis]

@bcsngan yah, that brings the time down alot. motortrend's test less credible.

[Aliasify]

@devilzmantis lol, you say 2 seconds like thats a small amount of time in this context. Most companies will spend MILLIONS for 2 seconds. I take it you are yet to see the "laguna seca" edition 302, its very much diffrent to the GT. The mustang, and to an extent most other US manufacturers, have such a passionate customer base that most would never consider driving anything else so in that respect they dont have to try and compete with euro companie

[devilzmantis]

@Aliasify yes by 2 sec LOL but if the M3 was a DCT instead of stick shift, the time will be faster which the Boss 302 doesn't have. Plus the Boss 302 looks like any other mustang. There's no extra flair or spoilers... no distinctive features that gives it that GT top of the line feel. Just some big black stripes that looks like a kids car with no sophistication. American car designers need to understand the market they are competing against, porsches, audis, bmws......