It's the best-looking M3 ever made IMO. It's also the most criminally underrated M car ever. Yes, the very first models were very spiky on a damp road, but the Competition and especially the CS version made it so much more tied down, and frankly, better. It's a better all-around car than the E90 M3 IMO, and the M4 GTS... One of the best M cars in a decade.
Chris Harris. The only motoring journalist who knows what he's talking about. I'd buy a car, that he rates, without driving it myself....I trust him that much
A man who can really drive properly, and who has driven pretty much every car worth driving loves the car and enjoys it...but internet race drivers (most of them without a drivers licence of course) call it bad and point out all kinds of negatives about it (without ever coming close to the actual car of course)...how hilarious.
fuckoffgoogle He usually breaks his videos in 3 parts: Normal street driving, circuit time attack, then drifting (covering all driving bases). People who buy these cars may not drift them everywhere, but they like the fact their car is capable of doing it. Make sense? Plus Chris Harris actually has professional racing experience he can do it all
fuckoffgoogle You did see the first part of the video where Chris drives the M3 on open roads? All in all, you don't burn / waste more rubber on a M3 than on an AWD-car with that amount of power. Yeah, the rear tires get it hard. On an AWD-car you burn the rear tires less but you burn your front tires, too. Not a real comparison but I had an E39 M5 a couple of years ago. Not turbocharged but very capable of drifting. And you know what? If you don't go nuts the tires were not an issue at all. BUT: If you want to go nuts from time to time and still want to have daily-use-capabilities, there's no better car than an RWD M-car.
I did similar, pulled the trigger on a 2017 m4 coupe with low kms last week. Looking forward to finally have one. I love the BMW straight 6s, having previous drove a e92 335i and more recently the m140i. I tried the c43 amgs and Audi s5 coupe, just didn’t connect with either of those cars.
@@deesee76 nice one! Yeah I've wanted an M car for so long. I have a f30 328i as a daily and when my Subaru WRX STi was written off in a crash last year I knew I'd get a m3. Glad I got the CS model, it's the best of the F80 M3's 👍🏽
@@raaj85 I wish I could find a F82 CS model so I dont have to go aftermarket for some of that lovely CS crackle and pops. If only they made a f82 with xDrive…. Love the look of the F8x series, classic design.
@@deesee76 yeah you'd have to get a G series for x drive but the F series is so much more fun (and lighter) without it. I'm so happy with my M3 CS. They are quite rare in Australia. Only 30 came here
I think Chris(t) Harris is the only car presenter who could do this whole separation from a channel and make his own (for free?) and still make everything work.
Chris, your descriptions are incredibly precise, articulated, and well-balanced with both pros and cons with EVERY car and just great journalism. On top of that the man can drive so really the best reporter out there bar none. Motor Trend or one of the American mags, if they want a shot in the arm... they hire this guy.
Finally got my F80 M3 in, in Mineral Gray/Sakhir Orange interior. The car is a MONSTER, in a complete other league from my 335is coupe. Still in the break-in stage, but this car is powerful! Love your videos Chris!
As an owner of a 2018 m3 competion pack I love this car. I've just had all new exhaust from the turbos back and new charge pipes and coolers. I love it
+Dashcam Videos on a more serious note, I've found that driving a BMW isn't always about skill but more so about how much you enjoy your car for what it is, doesn't have to be an M3. Just have fun with it. Chris was having fun with it and pushing his limits. That's what I mean by how you drive an M3. It's the ultimate driving machine.
Chriss harris is one of my biggest inspirations. He brings energy fun and interactive feeling to you the viewer. Makes you feel like you're a part of the action and that why i do my car show with so much viger and enthusiasm. Cars just bring this out in me and on-screen it show. I love it💗 LET'S ROLL OUT people👏👏👏👏
Awesome! Harris's own channel! Subscribed! Best part of the video he licks the car! LOL. The M3/M4 is phenomenal. Drove it at Advanced M School at VIR. Great performer and very fun all out on the track. Learned there that the M3/M4 are virtually identical and perform identically so if you need a coupe or 4 door you don't lose either way.
I just want to say that the E90 M3 V8 engine is a masterpiece. I always liked non aspirated engines but that V8 is something else. I had the pleasure of drive a 4door for a few kms and just starting it, and the way it just revs... made my day, week, month even. Pleasure over performance any day. And... it doesn't lack performance, maybe by the new one standards, ok fine but I know what my choice would be. V8 for life ;-)
That amount of torque is on par with BMW's own 3 litre diesel. . .but with petrol fuel instead. That kind of engineering is simply incredible, bearing in mind BMW has a reputation of building damned torquey diesels.
Where is that video you say in 0:48 of the engineer expalining some of the mods on the M? PD: Great channel and videos, hope it can last long and maintain the quality you've been doing these years!
M4 Comp - still the best and most enjoyable car I have owned. Looked gorgeous and stylishly aggressive. Fighter jet driving dynamics yet fine as a DD. Still miss it, even in my F90.
Why do people whine so much about the sound? It's a very good sounding car by any standard. I dare you to drive it and say "it sounds bad". Also...why does nobody on the internet (it doesn't matter, those people can't and won't buy it anyway) realize the point of this car? This is not a track car, or a race car. This is sporty luxury saloon car. This M3, and the current generation of the M5, are EXACTLY what these cars are all about. A combination of a luxury car that can be used every day, for every possible imaginable purpose, that looks tasteful but aggressive enough, that has a comfortable and luxurious interior, but can also be a sports car, that can be driven hard fun on THE ROAD (where 99% of these cars will spend 99% of their time) and driven very quickly on THE ROAD while remaining civilized. This is not a track car. Do you people realize the difference between a race track and a road? Do you realize how much different the setup of a car has to be in order to extract everything out of it on a track? Cars are set up for roads that have bumps, camber changes, surface changes, elevation changes, etc. Not for smooth tracks with a perfect surface and dry tarmac. The point of this car is to be comfortable, refined, luxurious AND sporty at the same time, and that requiers certain sacrifices. You have to get the balance right, and BMW did it. If the car was any softer overall, it would be too soft and too close to the regular 3 series. If it was any harder, it would be too uncomfortable on the road. If you want a track car, but a Cayman S, not a 4 door family sedan. There's no point in taking a family sedan and turning it into a hardcore stripped out race car, it's very inefficient and franky a waste of time.
funny how GM are "claiming' that the ats v will "destroy" this machine! No offense GM but the ATS V will be in recalls before it even comes out of the factory!
Looks promising. Hope to get a ride in one sometime. The E9x is pretty heavy. It absolutely blows through tires on the track due to the weight. There were chucks missing out of tires on a e9x I saw from track driving. Pretty fantastic engine tho'.
It's still hilarious to me that people talk more about the sound the car makes rather than what the car does. As many times as I've watched this review, it still never gets old. Chris' reaction to the monster drifts on the circuit is still funny as hell.
When you were cornering around the turns in the first 2 minutes. What type of settings were you using to break a little rubber on the road around turns. Was DSC turned off, or were you in MTM mode, or both? Thanks for answering this question because I have been very cautious about using MTM or DSC mode because this car can literally send you off the road before you leave 1st gear, and 2nd and 3rd gear are BEASTLY!
"I'm going to go and lick it" Bahahahaa God I love this guy lets hope he stays at top gear and does some more stuff like this on it stop trying to keep the old format as the grand tour is around and you won't pull it off but stuff like this would be awesome!
I wonder how the new Alfa Romeo Giulia QV will compare to this and the other German super saloons... Interesting to see the Italian take on the matter.. 510 Hp with 50/50 weight distribution and an LSD sounds like a very potent combination :D Looking forward to your review Chris!
Hello Chris. Please, where can I find the video describing all the technical highlights of the new M3? You mentioned it in this video... Thanks very much!
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2020 and this car is still one of the best looking Ms of all time. Immortalized masterpiece
Watching this November 2020 - still true 🤟
It's the best-looking M3 ever made IMO. It's also the most criminally underrated M car ever. Yes, the very first models were very spiky on a damp road, but the Competition and especially the CS version made it so much more tied down, and frankly, better. It's a better all-around car than the E90 M3 IMO, and the M4 GTS... One of the best M cars in a decade.
Triggered e46 and e90 fanboys want to know your location
Meh, it's kinda boring to drive..
@@rebeltvr6046 it was about the looks .no one asked about the driving feel
9 years on…still a masterpiece
Chris Harris. The only motoring journalist who knows what he's talking about. I'd buy a car, that he rates, without driving it myself....I trust him that much
A man who can really drive properly, and who has driven pretty much every car worth driving loves the car and enjoys it...but internet race drivers (most of them without a drivers licence of course) call it bad and point out all kinds of negatives about it (without ever coming close to the actual car of course)...how hilarious.
fuckoffgoogle He usually breaks his videos in 3 parts: Normal street driving, circuit time attack, then drifting (covering all driving bases). People who buy these cars may not drift them everywhere, but they like the fact their car is capable of doing it. Make sense? Plus Chris Harris actually has professional racing experience he can do it all
fuckoffgoogle You did see the first part of the video where Chris drives the M3 on open roads?
All in all, you don't burn / waste more rubber on a M3 than on an AWD-car with that amount of power. Yeah, the rear tires get it hard. On an AWD-car you burn the rear tires less but you burn your front tires, too.
Not a real comparison but I had an E39 M5 a couple of years ago. Not turbocharged but very capable of drifting. And you know what? If you don't go nuts the tires were not an issue at all.
BUT: If you want to go nuts from time to time and still want to have daily-use-capabilities, there's no better car than an RWD M-car.
derbigpr500 he pretty much likes every car he test drives
the Internet gives clueless idiots a voice. like the ones you see here by reading what's on their little minds
Fuckingoogle rs are quicker and better than s
Love how he repaints the white line at 4:01
Watched this video when it first came out and again today all these years later as I'm going to pick up a 2018 BMW M3 CS tomorrow 👌🏽
I did similar, pulled the trigger on a 2017 m4 coupe with low kms last week. Looking forward to finally have one. I love the BMW straight 6s, having previous drove a e92 335i and more recently the m140i. I tried the c43 amgs and Audi s5 coupe, just didn’t connect with either of those cars.
@@deesee76 nice one! Yeah I've wanted an M car for so long. I have a f30 328i as a daily and when my Subaru WRX STi was written off in a crash last year I knew I'd get a m3. Glad I got the CS model, it's the best of the F80 M3's 👍🏽
@@raaj85 I wish I could find a F82 CS model so I dont have to go aftermarket for some of that lovely CS crackle and pops. If only they made a f82 with xDrive…. Love the look of the F8x series, classic design.
@@deesee76 yeah you'd have to get a G series for x drive but the F series is so much more fun (and lighter) without it. I'm so happy with my M3 CS. They are quite rare in Australia. Only 30 came here
Guess what me too I’m getting a frozen dark blue m3cs and can’t wait to learn how to drive it till one gets to Chris’s levels
Just caught this video again 5 years after originally watching. This is why we like M cars, this is a why we love Chris Harris. Bravo.
Hands down , the best car reviewer
I think Chris(t) Harris is the only car presenter who could do this whole separation from a channel and make his own (for free?) and still make everything work.
I miss seeing new videos of Chris Harris :(
He tweeted recently that he will make more videos as soon as possible, he's just really busy with Top Gear.
his been too busy with the new top gear
He will do them after the top gear ends.
Me too :(
I just bought a 2016 m3 base dct in 2021. I'm still stoked about Chris Harris review
I wouldn't mind Chris hosting Top Gear.
Your dreams have just come true :D
This aged well :D
I decided for a M3 because of this video !!
same! love it
Same here it was this and the Living Life Fast Review of the f80
Same lol
As did I!
Have you had any problems with it?
Chris, your descriptions are incredibly precise, articulated, and well-balanced with both pros and cons with EVERY car and just great journalism. On top of that the man can drive so really the best reporter out there bar none. Motor Trend or one of the American mags, if they want a shot in the arm... they hire this guy.
Just bought one , can't wait to collect it 😊
Finally got my F80 M3 in, in Mineral Gray/Sakhir Orange interior. The car is a MONSTER, in a complete other league from my 335is coupe. Still in the break-in stage, but this car is powerful!
Love your videos Chris!
As an owner of a 2018 m3 competion pack I love this car. I've just had all new exhaust from the turbos back and new charge pipes and coolers. I love it
Hows it to live with daily look at getting 1
Thanks for putting these video out again Chris!!! as always great work!
Thanks for beeing back Chris :)
I actually like the sound. I think it'll grow on people, kind of like how the E46 M3 did.
The e46 was miles away from this in terms of sound.
Thank you Chris for leaving drive!!! I've missed your vids for so long!!
That's how you drive an M3.
+Ogstevie but problem is how many people have his skill to drive the M3 like he does?
+Dashcam Videos i don't know, better get yourself one and start learning 😂😇
+Dashcam Videos on a more serious note, I've found that driving a BMW isn't always about skill but more so about how much you enjoy your car for what it is, doesn't have to be an M3. Just have fun with it. Chris was having fun with it and pushing his limits. That's what I mean by how you drive an M3. It's the ultimate driving machine.
I'm gonna buy one of these the coming spring and I am so extremely excited seeing how great they are
Did you get it?
Did you get it?
I had to wait one more year, but I got it last spring! @@williamstarinovich9697
Chris, please please please do some throwback e46 drive. Please.
I would love to see him drive the e46 M3 and Z4 M Coupe.
Ayrton Atif Yes the z4 M Coupe!!
couldn't agree more!
C'mon now Chris this request is really coming on apace now. I will donate my car, as long as you dont break it!
Yes, more E46 M3, we would love to hear your thoughts
Phenomenal review! I love the way you highlighted the sheer capability of the car like no one else...not even motor trend drifted that much!
So good to see you enjoying the roads in my beautiful country!
Chris Harris,
Thank you for not making viewers pay for this channel. Your reviews were the only things I missed watching from the Drive channel.
Thank God for Chris's own channel!!
Chriss harris is one of my biggest inspirations. He brings energy fun and interactive feeling to you the viewer. Makes you feel like you're a part of the action and that why i do my car show with so much viger and enthusiasm. Cars just bring this out in me and on-screen it show. I love it💗 LET'S ROLL OUT people👏👏👏👏
2021 and I'm so glad I kept my 2018 F82 ZCP...still love driving it every day. If only Harris knew what the new generation car would look like...
this is a proper review - best one of this M3 out there.
Cannot wait to see Chris Harris on TopGear... He's like a modern-day Jeremy Clarkson without the bullshit
Excellent video excellent commentary from an expert who is clearly enjoying it as well #fab!
Thank u chris. I just smiled more than i have in a month
Great upload! BTW: The most hardcore BMW- M3 E46 CSL. Remember guys!
Awesome review and driving!
A master review, well done.
Great review. I'm on verge of buying one of these and this just made me think yup do it.
Beautiful! Thank you Chris.
Bravo dear boy! Bravo. More of this please sir!
Is this Chris' official channel?! Goodness this is awesome if it is!
It is. And it is awesome! :)
Chris Harris Kudos for bring ur videos up for free!
Chris love your videos keep it up
I love your videos..thank you:)
Thank you Chris!!!!
This video sold me. I can't drive like Chris but I still love mine.
Theyre half the price that they were brand new. So tempting, love this video. Basically, if Chris Harris likes it, you wont regret buying one lol
I think listening to Chris go on while he's driving great cars is more fun than I would have if I were driving them myself.
I love it when Chris makes this laugh deep from his heart. Like the one on the 8.49
the patience paid off
The balance of the car!
Nice Drifting action 👌🏽 1 of these with 3 pedals on the floor 😵 be nutty buddy!!!
Hey Chris, nice video.....we would love to see you drive an e46 m3 again. I just got my 6speed a few months ago :)
I miss my F80 ZCP. Thanks Chris, beautiful reminder! "Skid gear change"!
Wat an incredible piece of kit,i love it
Awesome! Harris's own channel! Subscribed!
Best part of the video he licks the car! LOL.
The M3/M4 is phenomenal. Drove it at Advanced M School at VIR. Great performer and very fun all out on the track. Learned there that the M3/M4 are virtually identical and perform identically so if you need a coupe or 4 door you don't lose either way.
I just want to say that the E90 M3 V8 engine is a masterpiece. I always liked non aspirated engines but that V8 is something else. I had the pleasure of drive a 4door for a few kms and just starting it, and the way it just revs... made my day, week, month even.
Pleasure over performance any day. And... it doesn't lack performance, maybe by the new one standards, ok fine but I know what my choice would be. V8 for life ;-)
2024 and i still love looking at my 2016 F80.
I am getting mine next week, I cannot wait.
Your my hero, I’m getting an m3 as my next bmw
Bought my 2016 m3 3 months ago! Great car!
Fantastic car. What else do you ever need? Really !!
so much fun to watch:P you're lucky someone else paying for the tyres:)
What a epic review!
That amount of torque is on par with BMW's own 3 litre diesel. . .but with petrol fuel instead. That kind of engineering is simply incredible, bearing in mind BMW has a reputation of building damned torquey diesels.
Turbo.
Yet people make fun of it
Great stuff, thanks Chris.
It's an F80 M3!!! Excellent video!
How does one find out if a car is properly good. Stop at 8:50 , that's the sign.
if it puts a smile on your face, then u know it's a great car.
That is a beautifully specced M3
This guy has mastered drifting/ power sliding
June 2023 and still enjoy driving and staring at my 2016 Sakir Orange M3. Timeless design.
Where is that video you say in 0:48 of the engineer expalining some of the mods on the M?
PD: Great channel and videos, hope it can last long and maintain the quality you've been doing these years!
I WANT THIS CAR, NOW!!
Thank you Chris!
ReticentIndignation go get one. its freaking amazing
What about the M2...really wanting that more, smaller size is nice.
Oddly this is the first good review I've seen of this car. It's been ripped in every review. The EVO review I watched yesterday hated it.
M4 Comp - still the best and most enjoyable car I have owned. Looked gorgeous and stylishly aggressive. Fighter jet driving dynamics yet fine as a DD. Still miss it, even in my F90.
I tested drive c63s and m3. Expert the sound, m3's everything almost better than c63s
Why do people whine so much about the sound? It's a very good sounding car by any standard. I dare you to drive it and say "it sounds bad". Also...why does nobody on the internet (it doesn't matter, those people can't and won't buy it anyway) realize the point of this car? This is not a track car, or a race car. This is sporty luxury saloon car. This M3, and the current generation of the M5, are EXACTLY what these cars are all about. A combination of a luxury car that can be used every day, for every possible imaginable purpose, that looks tasteful but aggressive enough, that has a comfortable and luxurious interior, but can also be a sports car, that can be driven hard fun on THE ROAD (where 99% of these cars will spend 99% of their time) and driven very quickly on THE ROAD while remaining civilized. This is not a track car. Do you people realize the difference between a race track and a road? Do you realize how much different the setup of a car has to be in order to extract everything out of it on a track? Cars are set up for roads that have bumps, camber changes, surface changes, elevation changes, etc. Not for smooth tracks with a perfect surface and dry tarmac. The point of this car is to be comfortable, refined, luxurious AND sporty at the same time, and that requiers certain sacrifices. You have to get the balance right, and BMW did it. If the car was any softer overall, it would be too soft and too close to the regular 3 series. If it was any harder, it would be too uncomfortable on the road.
If you want a track car, but a Cayman S, not a 4 door family sedan. There's no point in taking a family sedan and turning it into a hardcore stripped out race car, it's very inefficient and franky a waste of time.
Just bought one mainly because of this video!
funny how GM are "claiming' that the ats v will "destroy" this machine! No offense GM but the ATS V will be in recalls before it even comes out of the factory!
I work for bm and they aren't unknown for recalls or "quality enhancements" as they are worded. Can't see GM making a good quality car tho
Recall thing kinda getting old..
LMAO exactly. GM has a 77% recall rate!
Those drifts were awesome.
Looks promising. Hope to get a ride in one sometime. The E9x is pretty heavy. It absolutely blows through tires on the track due to the weight. There were chucks missing out of tires on a e9x I saw from track driving. Pretty fantastic engine tho'.
Well done Sir Harris
One of my dream cars in 2022 still relevant
I was in 2 minds about this car but this is the car for me getting it very soon
Hey Chris Where are all these separate videos with all the engineering details. Couldnt find it them but I would really love to
Great video, but you not mentioning anything about active sound technology?
Chris. I really beg you to do a shot on an 91' Honda NSX. PLEASE. That car really deserves a treatment of your coverage.
Chris thank you for your passion.Your petrol head friend😎
Ultimate driving machine :)
Chris il numero 1 in assoluto .Top!!!
I've had one for 2 years now love it 6spd fun of course
David F Dct better
It's still hilarious to me that people talk more about the sound the car makes rather than what the car does. As many times as I've watched this review, it still never gets old. Chris' reaction to the monster drifts on the circuit is still funny as hell.
Most of the people who comment are fans of the older m cars .sadly they don't agree that a car isn't just the exhaust note
@@rohanalias9053 Those people are not "fans" and probably never owned a M car.
When you were cornering around the turns in the first 2 minutes. What type of settings were you using to break a little rubber on the road around turns. Was DSC turned off, or were you in MTM mode, or both? Thanks for answering this question because I have been very cautious about using MTM or DSC mode because this car can literally send you off the road before you leave 1st gear, and 2nd and 3rd gear are BEASTLY!
Love this video
Great Video! But where's the one, with the BMW Engineer explaining the car? Couldn't find it
"I'm going to go and lick it" Bahahahaa God I love this guy lets hope he stays at top gear and does some more stuff like this on it stop trying to keep the old format as the grand tour is around and you won't pull it off but stuff like this would be awesome!
I wonder how the new Alfa Romeo Giulia QV will compare to this and the other German super saloons... Interesting to see the Italian take on the matter.. 510 Hp with 50/50 weight distribution and an LSD sounds like a very potent combination :D Looking forward to your review Chris!
Hello Chris. Please, where can I find the video describing all the technical highlights of the new M3? You mentioned it in this video... Thanks very much!
Looks like a lot of fun
Chis's excitment of this gen vs the g80 is pretty telling.