New round in the arms race: With eight cylinders the small sedans Mercedes C AMG, BMW M3 and Lexus IS crack the 400-PS-Marke.
From Jürgen of Gosen the natives of stuttgart were first, the 1997 a fat V8 into the C-class planted (C 43, 306 HP). It followedthe C 55, which likewise remained under 400 HP (367 HP). OnlyAUDI set a newBestmarke with the RS4: 420 HP. But also those will soon fall.
2007 sendBMW itsnew M3 on the road. And that will have no more hot row six cylinder under the hood, but a modern V8. Derived from the V10of the M5, highly turning figure eight will not probably exceed the rival from Ingolstadt from the Papierform. 410 to 420 HP is in the discussion, BMW wants rather by a favorable weight per horsepower to convince.
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