VIDEO: First video of new BMW M3 concept introduction-Includes engine sound!

What a beast!

— AUTO_UNION (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 1:42:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Sounds similar to the Schwinn bike I had when I was six with the playing cards clipped on the frame with clothespins to make it sound like a hot rod.
Not impressed!

— BMW995 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 3:16:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

How could that sound great?

This is great:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AVjD1C1PEqQ

— 7msynthetic (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 3:24:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Sorry, sounds terrible.

— SupraNeverBack (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 5:16:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

C'mon you obvious Lexus fans, get with the bloody program!

The new M3 is a high-revving V8, in the same vein as Ferrari's celebrated v8 engines?

Ever heard a Ferrari V8? It sounds a lot like the new M3, which is a good thing if you are on the list for one!

It has a similar character to a F1 engine, the way its big displacement revs so freely.

The IS-F, sadly, is pretty mundane. Sure it is a nice sounding V8 (try making a V8 sound bad) but it isn't really that special.

The M3 exhaust note is distinctive and evocative. The 'tinny' and 'unrefined' remarks are utterly ridiculous.

— Matthew1 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 7:41:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

haha i like the car but that sounded like a dirt bike or something, the soundtrack sounded better, and to think people were ripping the sound of the is-f.

— sewingmachine (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 7:46:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Mattew is right on target! All high rev V8s and V12s sound higher pitched. Besides, all F1 and Indy cars have shrieky, whiny exhaust notes. One of the best GT cars ever made, the M3 GTR, also sounds like a "buzz saw". Nothing wrong with that. I'd rather have a car that sounds like a F1 car than a souped up Mustang GT anyday!

— LuvFerraris (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 10:07:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The RS4 and M5 has the coolst sound.

— 528i (View Profile)

Posted on 3/7/2007 11:08:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Looks soo seXY! By the way, the engine doesn't sound that bad, although we have to hear it revv when accleratingin a straight line to make a good judgement...For now, it doesn't sound as good as the M5's...

— SHERR (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 12:35:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Very dissapointed but then again nothing could be worse than the awful racket that comes from the E46 M3. The E60 M5 even though it sounds like crap idling sounds alot better. What happened to the beautiful music of the Z8 and E39 M5? Audi's 4.2 V8's have always had a very classy cultured roar to them so the RS4 is no surprise. Now this is what a V8 should sound like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zd6k6OMcxg&mode=related&search=
and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXNyEDnChao
And for the crescendo! http://www.corsaperformance.com/flashc5.htm

— germeezy2 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 1:30:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Here's another video from the Geneva.. for some reason the growl sounds a bit deeper here.. (I was hoping for more of that high-pitched Ferrari like scream.. guess not) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST-Jsz3E2Ms

..as for looks, I hope they drop those side mirrors like they did for the M5 concept.

— jg3er (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 11:34:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

another sound clip of that V8.. still under wraps, right before show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNpUNNaPRb8

— jg3er (View Profile)

Posted on 3/8/2007 11:42:11 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Please explain why the IS-F as no chance,have you driven a one??Or are you just being an ignorant German fanboy??
To say things like that just makes you look stupid!!

— 2JZSoarer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/9/2007 12:49:40 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

mistype,yeah my my typing sucks!!

Please explain why the IS-F as no chance,have you driven one??Or are you just being an ignorant German fanboy??
To say things like that just makes you look stupid!!

— 2JZSoarer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/9/2007 12:51:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

hmm sorry I don't know what's wrong with my key board typing double sometimes!

— 2JZSoarer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/9/2007 12:52:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Lexus said they were doing performance in a Lexus way. So I assume that the IS-F will be a dissapointment. I will be driving one however and keeping an open mind.

— germeezy2 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/10/2007 3:29:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0