{"id":35471,"date":"2014-04-10T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=35471"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:45:55","slug":"features-bmw-m3-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/features-bmw-m3-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW: A Homage to M3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ultimate Driving Machine… <\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a slogan BMW once slathered across the majority of its marketing material. A slogan that would now struggle to add gravitas to the likes of the bloated X5, the awkwardly-styled 3 Series GT or the barge-like 7 Series, but one that remains credible thanks to one car: the BMW M3.<\/p>\n

\"M3100\"<\/a>
\nThe F80 designation looks crisp in Yas Marina blue…<\/em><\/p>\n

It is not often that a vehicle comes along and slashes the rulebook clean in two but in 1986 – when the E30 BMW M3 Coupe was first available for public consumption – it did just that. Brandishing pure racing performance thanks to BMW’s motor sport division and a boot that could swallow even the biggest C&A shopping trip, it was a freak of nature; One of the original Q cars that could be comfortably driven everyday but also thrash the pants off a Porsche should the need arise.<\/p>\n

It was on my wall, next to a jet black Lamborghini Countach.<\/p>\n\n\t\t