BMW M340i xDrive VS BMW M3 Competition (F80) Drag Race!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2020
- We drag race the very impressive BMW M340i xDrive vs the much loved F80 BMW M3 Competition! Will BMW'S new xDrive system prove too much off the line for theM3?
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Would you buy a new M340i xDrive or used F80 BMW M3 Comp?
Bought M340i Rwd, pure magic. Keeps up with scatpack and c43 and mustang GT. While having 2 car seats in back.
Test driven the new 340i xDrive & this will be my choice as a day-to-day car. The M3 is just too wild :))
What would you guys advise? I think for everyday the m340 makes more sense as the M car is definitely a drivers car! 🤝🏼
Nima Farivar Never realized about Mustang GT
I am gonna take awd as in my country there’s no option
The younger the Better. M340i xDrive is cheaper and is closer so rather buy it
We've seen the M340i give the Audi RS4 Avant a hard time. Give credit where its due. To me, it's currently a better package than both the current the Audi RS4 & BMW M3.
4WD car beats RWD from a standing start.
In other news, water is wet.
Some cars are rwd and do 60 under 3 seconds... but water is wet yes
@@colin55594 RWD do as marked under ideal conditions with a dry glossy road and new sticky tires. AWD does it as or close to in almost all conditions.
Craig Minto 8 year old in the M3 needs to put down the candy crush and get a real reaction time. A run for his money? Congrats, you were in the same zip code for 10 seconds someone give him a cookie......
In other news, in real world driving, awd is safer & better.
@@xFlared true, but RWD more fun to drive!
This is why we're waiting for used M340i prices to come down. Great concept. Great video. Well done!
Has been over a year and still hasn’t come down
@@shelbyhaiketic4212 I seen them low as 46k
Better just getting the reg 340i xdrive 🤷🏾♂️
In India, the new one costs above 90k USD 😭
Damn u guys are down bad i was able to cop one for 38k usd Few months ago
The driver in the M3 making the car look bad on that drag race. Love the new 340i looks good and very fast
Real shit bull got gapped
Yah he sucks. I have a m3 comp and it’s much faster than the 340 m sport I owned last year. It’s just a whole diff car imo
M cars are so nice. It’s diff is amazing as well/ handling is better: interior love it
NarrowPath yah it doesn’t but the cars built for everything but drag racing. Install a boot mod if you want to drag race.
You never driven an m3 before 🤦♂️
@@waqidj Nothing compared to an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. 😁
Its a shame the m3 driver doesnt know how to drive the beautiful m3..smhh
Nice video. It just shows day to day normal driving , save your cash and the M340i is plenty good enough! Hi from the UK - keep the videos coming ☺
I am from the UK and I do have the M340i 21 plate from brand new, and it is a monster. Especially as it only comes as Xdrive standard here with adaptive dampers also as standard. So it's sublimely comfortable and also stupid fast.
Great video! Run 2 was magical!
Good video! And nice to see some proper content from South Africa!
That new m3 and m4 is going to be a beast
It's not just the 4wd vs 2wd but you seem to have significantly better reaction time than the M3 driver.
Oh man put another guy in that M3! He doesn't know how to launch it and doesn't react well! Really fun presenter though.
PriestJK fanboy
@@Edtmcgrath My next car will be an M340i... I'm definitely a BMW fanboy but I fail to see the purpose of your comment.
When I watch any race, the reaction rate has to be identical, otherwise you don't know which car is truly faster.
Ned McGrath I’ve owned both of these cars. M3 are better and they feel like a totally diffferent Car . No comparison. Zero except the dash and etc
I used to say the same. Why buy an m3. What’s the big deal. It’s just like me m340 but faster.
I drove an m3 and was blown away at how fast it was and how it handled
Next I’m installed a boot mod and some new parrrs for reliability and the new torique power it’ll have 100 more hp and 120 more torque .
@@monocuco818 well you can clearly tell that even with better reaction times, by counting the time between the two cars launching and the time difference between the 2 cars at the end, the launch time difference is nowhere near as big as the finishing difference. hence proving that the m340i is a faster car (from a dig) taking reaction times out of the equation.
just shows how much of a difference awd makes from a dig.
@@waqidj I do agree with you, the m3 is a better all-round car in every other situation apart from launching from a dig. I was not attacking the fact that the m3 is a worse car but that the fact of a better driver would not change the outcome of the race. as I said the difference in time between the 2 cars launching is smaller than the difference in time between the 2 cars finishing.
I mean tbf that F80 M3 has like 75 horsepower over the M340i.
You can get the M340i to 460'ish horsepower with just a simple Stage1 remap because of that beautiful B58 engine, pretty sure that would be plenty to smoke the M3 in every type of race.
The sheer excitement @ 3:20 made my day 😄
So I guess that G80 with XDrive is going to be monstrous. I mean speed and not that fugly grill.
Has the grill grown on u yet?
@@nxahwrld_8834Still think the grill is fugly, but it’s not a dealbreaker. The car is dope regardless.
That grill is piece of shit 🤢🤮
Great video, great energy man.
M3 driver, put a "L" on the back
Hi guys, I know this is a long shot, but can you remember the registration number or VIN of that M3? I just bought one that looks exactly like the one in the video and would be curoius to know if it is the same car?
This M340 is a mini M3. It’s the opening act for the main star performer. I fear what the new M3 will do.
too bad it’ll have the ugly ass grill on it
Kevin Sosa I think the normal m3 will have the normal grill but the touring will have the ugly grill form the m4
Jake Woolley nana i live in munich you can see the new M3 every day and it will defn. have this ugly ass grill both the touring and the sedan
Rosas Kodex that’s crap then. Looks hideous in photos
Jake Woolley yea the ugliest bmw ever made no cap im so sad bc the normal 3 series especially the m340i looks so nice and perfekt imo
I had an E90 335i for 3 years and was really impressed with the performance being the little brother to the E90 M3. Then 6 months ago I sold the 335 and got an E90 M3...no matter what you do to a non M3 it will always be the little brother and until you drive both you will never know...M performance always puts a bigger grin on my face...and the 4Lt V8 :)
Yeah I agree. I've had an E46 M3, and that was amazing. I've also had an M140i, and that was wayyyy faster than an E90 M3. Made the M3 look slow, however the M3 is ten times more special. Handling and steering was just perfect in the E90, and that amazing V8 😍
@@bananahammock3664 I actually had a race from a standing start with a M140i in my E90M3 and we were neck and neck mainly due to his turbo lag between gears. We didn't go too nuts but I'm thinking it would have stayed level until 220km/h+
@@kwozzie yeah stock they are probably very close, but I think the E90 M3 would start to pull away quite easily above 120mph. That V8 is very strong top end.
My M140i was running around 460bhp, so much quicker than stock.
Great review! Question for you : what tires were on the M340?
The car was running Bridgestones.
@@77Raul01 that's the all season not the summer PS4S
I would get the M340i with a tune and some downpipes its a monster and the 0-60 is insane
Awesome video Gents!
hi
could you make a test on track, to se How Big are handling difgerences... and than city driving, to compare suspension and gearbox comfort?
I have been drining an F80 for three years and concidering M340i next... primarily looking for more suspension comfort and smoother gearbox, esspecialy in daily city driving
btw Great vid 😀👍👍💪
FFS who in gods name is driving the M3 😂😂😂🤦🏼♂️ absolutely useless!!
He can’t lunch it
They aren’t easy to launch. Traction is always an issue with the f8x’s. Easier said than done
Yeah I test drove the m340i and the M3... was an easy choice for me.
F80 M3 by a landslide.
Don't want to criticize, but my experience with both cars leads me to believe that the M3 driver is not used to his car and is not getting the best out of it.
4wd obviously faster than rwd... but the M3 is a whole other level.
@@davidolyott5503I've got an M3 and I'm thinking to get an F82 M4. I'm hoping it feels a lot quicker.
I wondered about this matchup for years.
Legends say, he's still coming...
Dope video been waiting to see this. Subscribing 👍🏽
Tumisho Mashabela thanks Tumisho!
Loving the enthusiasm!
Thanks for watching Philip!!
Great runs, great presentation
Siyasanga Sigila cheers Siyasanga. Thanks for watching
Great review 👏🏽👏🏽
Jesse Tswana thanks Jesse! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Maybe dumb question but what year is the m340i?
nop, for the money id stil buy the M3...but that M340i though...impressive
We tend to agree!
Just some advice. Leave a camera by the end of the 400 meters as well.
Also do some more B-roll shots between takes or runs
I need to work for you guys! This is my dream job.
I live in Joburg
Hahaha, your reaction “still got it!!”
Awesome video, M340i xDrive all day everyday! Can’t go wrong with either one of these machines. German engineering at its finest, gotta love BMW no matter what
please get a 228kw Golf 7.5R and a GTI TCR and drag race 1/2 mile, it'd be nice to see how they go up against each other since they are around the same price range
Love your enthusiasm mate 👍 🤣
I think the guy in the m3 has a lot to learn when it comes to launch control but anyways at the end of the day M cars are just M cars regardless to what you are driving. Nice race by the way!
Traditional RWD M cars are more track focused due to their set up and weight distribution, equally they excel on rolling races as a result of less power loss from the engine to the wheels. This is at the cost of limited traction on launch. The next generation will feature the X drive, with the option to transition to RWD only, giving drivers the best of both.
In the real world, accelerating hard from a roll is more common than from a stop. I'd rather have more power than more launching traction.
@@harshil102 right? people are so focused on 0-60 times when the reality is we rarely ever launch, on public roads or a track. it's a party trick. loses its novelty fast unless you're in a monster V8 or porsche turbo or something like that. it's easy to quantify, but it's not the right thing to focus on imo
B58 also has high compression, allowing them to build boost better from a launch plus twin scroll turbo, the b58 launches like a diesel, it was built on top of the b57 a diesel engine, which is why it has high compression
The results were to be expected. Perhaps the presenter should have spoken more about the M340i Xdrive being all wheel drive and so better of the line. The M3 comp driver had 1 excellent dig... it just looked bad next to the Xdrive launch.
The Motorist SA - Here is 435i xDrive GC puttin in work on a very fast 335i.
Xdrive + XHP STG3 = Dig race Beast!
th-cam.com/video/FVo91MgD4mA/w-d-xo.html
Shot for the link! And thanks for watching
Terrific video
Cool challenge. Subscribed
How come they get red interior and over here in the US we get no red interior for the M340i
I head read red interior in my 2017 340i msport 😐
I would like to know your drag times. They matter!
M340i is a 12 second 1/4 mile car. Surely the F80 M3 is a bit quicker.
Sloth like reaction times of the M3 driver during drag races 😂
Debating should replace my 2013 335i with this. Went for a test drive and darn thing was light years from my car technology wise. Power, stock m340i felt way more powerful than my 335i with BM3 stage one tune.
Great video review...I am not sure if can be switch to RWD just like M5, if true then I vote for 340 all day..
It can't be switched to rwd
The new G80 M3 and M5 are the only awd Bmw cars that have the ability to switch awd and rwd. You have to buy a true M car for that option.
@@twola9027 it can with xdelete on the e and f chassis. I believe this can as well.
Some say...to this day...HE STILL HAS IT...
Was the m3 manual or auto?
M3 on run 3 was rolling before the arm drop ahahah
So is the m340i considered a m3 or No
Who else was waiting for this
😂 This race is amazing. But BMW is literally making their M performance cars be nearly as quick if not then faster than the older M cars... I mean have you seen the power range between the current X6 M50i VS the 2017 X6M competition? Their 0 - 100 km time are identical. Hence I knew this m340i would walk the old dinosaur. But anyway ultimate driving machines guys thank you
But the F80 won the race.
Sooo a tuned M340i is as fast or if not faster than the current M3 in stock form.
Assuming i wanted this size of car my personal answer would be the m340i if for no other reason than service cost and intervals, those full M cars are epic fun but gosh can they hurt when the bills come in
These are the cars you don't buy them using your salary. No instalment. Buy it cash with full spec. And you must have at least twice the value of the car in your bank account. 🙂🙂🙂🙂. .... That is how I prefer to roll when I buy luxury staff.
His face at the first launch 😂
It’s so interesting tough call - the m3 is entirely another level, especially the g80 m3
For what it is I would prefer the M340i from how close they are and the power is such a difference a used one is almost the same price the M340i and the updated interior and exterior look much better I probably thought I would never say this but well done BMW
see, i used to say that. but after owning a tuned B58 and currently owning a stock S55. i'd take the S55 anyday, even if it's slower. being able to rev out to 7k is great and the shifts are more violent up top.
You got the jump every time. Even ignoring the all wheel drive (in which case you should have still pulled ahead momentarily) you were getting a head start on the M3 driver. But I didn't buy my M3 zCP for drag racing. If that is what I wanted I would have spent my $85K on a used GTR or Tesla Model S. It's for the complete driving experience and intangibles of owning what I feel is the best looking 4 door out there. Hell there are those that still prefer the v8 in the e90 even though its slower. Owning a M car is just a different beast than anything else in my opinion.
I agree but for most people 340i is way better value. b58 is another beast compared to n54, n55, and even the s55. If you don’t plan on tracking the car the 340i should be your choice. Newer M cars aren’t justified for the money. Older M cars however are still special.
Better reaction for sure. He definitely didn't jump on the first race.
F80s launch control is always hard to get perfect. 1st gear on an m3 is pointless since is just going to spin alot. You should of done a run without launch control. Those m340i's are fast. Cant wait to see the new g80 m3.
On the streets, the M340i will eat the M3 robot to robot. Winning 1/3 races that’s bad!
Good video good entertainment bro.
340 I with jb 4 all day
4wd always good off the line, rolling race is where its at.
True that Simon
Urgh. The driver of the M just grates me. Slow off the line every time :| Nicely done either way.
Wym? He literally cheated in the 3rd race which is the one race he won lmao...
M3 jumped on the roll.. lol.. gotta do what you gotta do 🤣😁
1. Launch control is hella unreliable in these.
2. 4wd will always beat rwd off the line
The bid difference is when you come to a series of corners, the full M car just feels so much better pinned down and direct. The M340i is a great car but anything other than off the line or comfort/tech the M3 is much better.
of course it is, but value wise i'm getting the M340i xdrive, it ticks all the boxes, i'm seriously considering it as my next car, even though i love SUVs. also the new m3 got beaver teeth lmao which the other 3 series thankfully don't.
the M340i is the sweet spot for a luxury/sport car, it covers both evenly and can work as a daily, if someone has more cars for different occasions then of course the M3 is better.
m3 definitely quicker but has a piss poor launch..hopefully in the mew m3 it'll be considerably better
It's quicker but it's slower. Right.
Try new M340i vs old M140i shadow edition
Would be interesting, we do have 135i vs 135i coming soon. Old and new!
Hardly any difference!! Not real world....if you will never track an M3 then why would you buy one 🤷🏻♂️
Great review 👊🏻
Also the m3 driver had a delayed reaction for launching, made the gap even bigger.
F80 M3 all the way, better looking , more fun and faster. M3 should be faster in a drag race too.
not a chance m340 is just a better car
AWD are faster than RWD from the start, it has being proven time and time again. Check carwow drag race between M3/C63/RS5
What have we learned today? If it's not the car, it's the driver!
Lots of people here doesn't know that the m340i has a huge potential on making power than the m3... Down pipe, and slightly bigger turbo and a tune and this car can easy make 600whp
I was considering doing the same exact thing, but the only thing holding me back from buying an m340i is knowing how to mod the car without losing warranty ? Do I even need it with the new b58?? Any suggestions would help
@@shelbyhaiketic4212 There's many options for a stage1 remap that will not void the warranty and still get the M340 to 460+ whp, just do some research.
I told you😂👍🏽
So much for the beloved "Full M" car....these dudes are funny. Thier both M cars...one is just more track focused.
Waiting for the m340i prices to dip and i'm so buying one
Edit: just got one and omg
Got to remember awd vs rwd
All wheel drive will always win in a drag race
M340i is nice.....but the M3 will always be legendary!!! F80 all the way....future classic
We agree Steve!!
I never ever really race with anyone on public road, so i'd choose the F80 M3 it just looks sexier with wider flares and aggressive body lines. Driving experience is also motorsport biased. It can also be mapped to 600bhp easily and keep up with Ferrari on Autobahn...
M3 faster anyway just not 0-60
drive M3 F80 MT for everyday last six month! before really wanted f30 340xi but lucky that bougth M3, rear wheel drive its more fun except drug race, need to have really good tires!
There are RWD M340is...
Id rather a M340d, gutted and tuned, to 600 ft-lbs (800 nm) torque and outrun everything including the new M3.
I'm in America and have a tuned E90 335D.. it eats the M3/M4 stock like mash.
Regular stage 2 m340 is eating new m3
The M340i is the better buy for more every day use because of the AWD option and its actually affordable and fun speed. 90% of people complaining "oh this isn't a true M" probably don't even have an M or ever come close to being able to use it's full potential if they do.
Exactly. Full M cars are track cars if you want to get the full potential out of them. Probably not much fun to drive around town every day though.
The m340i is so great because it is a good everyday car, but can still get relatively close to full M car performance. It’s right in the Goldilocks zone for me. Besides, on the road, winning a race is more to do with how reckless you want to be than how powerful the car is.
3:29 😂
his coming but he neve came 😅
Fact is,...the M340 is a very fast car! The M3 can't stand a chance off-the-line where AWD and Torque is King!!
Edit: I agree,..."he had to work"!
M340 all day.... every day! with a tune? .... twice on the weekends!
The last standing start run doesn't add up considering how comprehensively the M3 was beaten in the first two runs. M340 is a hell of a car.
On the third run, the M3 didn’t use launch control and actually ended up getting a better start. Thanks for watching!
Warmer rear wheels = more grip which translate to more power put on the ground then more speed.
That's what happens on third round even though the car was not launched.
nice comparo, put a tune on that m340ix and it will run away from the M3 stock every time.
We might have a video on this coming soon...
Didn't know schoolboy q did dragraces
I still got it.. I still got it . ...lol😁
the new m340i is underrated
340i is impressive to hold its own like that
My Winner is M340i !
M340i remaps to over 450bhp. Its an animal. New M3 will be 510bhp stock and remap to 600bhp. Will be unbelievable.
New remaped m3 will smoke stock m5, taking in account its lower weight of course.
Hahahah I testdrove m340i and will take It! Cant imagine a jb4 outputting 450whp 🔥
@@audiophilemetallian won’t that viod warranty??
@Shelby Haiketic yes tuning your car voids the warranty
Just Bought my 2022 M340, The Dealer Installed JB4 Before I took Delivery. It will NOT void Warranty. Definitely felt a Difference compared to the Stock Version. The tech estimates the car has close to 440-450 HP. I’m still breaking in the car, It feels Pretty fast. I did have some fun other day when a New Toyota Supra that caught me off guard, We were stopped at a traffic Light and I had my car in “Sport Plus” But I didn’t turn off Traction control, anyway when light turned Green and we started to roll, he jumped on his car and I was playing Catch up, Turns out he had some Mods as well in that “Same Engine” Under the hood, Down pipe along with a Tune. I couldn’t Catch him, he was so slightly pulling away from me. I was impressed But I was also caught off Guard. absolutely Fun Machine. I have a 2019 Grand sport As well, I would love to see that 1/4 mile Run! The M340 Is a Great everyday Car that has A lots of “Balls”!