{"id":47683,"date":"2017-04-13T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T11:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=47683"},"modified":"2022-06-14T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:26:40","slug":"m3-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/m3-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"M3’s rivals – do they offer a real threat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick look at the UK\u2019s most familiar used car website at the time of writing shows you that the most common year of manufacture of an M3 currently for sale is 2008 \u2013 so an early E90\/92\/93 model. These range in price from \u00a314k to \u00a325k<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Taking that into account, what other manufacturer\u2019s key-fob could you get from the same year – 2008, with a similar ethos, and the same money?<\/p>\n

We found there were just six non-BMW \u2018rivals\u2019 from that year and budget currently with models for sale with 3.0+ litre engines, a sprint to 60 under 5 seconds and room for four. Which would you choose \u2013 or would you stick with the M3?<\/p>\n

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Vauxhall VXR8<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Vauxhall went to a bar or three with its Aussie stablemates, they appeared to have been talked into bringing a bit of the Holden V8 brutality to the UK. The result? A handful of drift-loving VXR8s for sale. Plenty of performance \u2013 but a Vauxhall badge could keep the snobs away. Maybe that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n

\"vauxhall\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

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Mercedes CL63\/C63\/E63 AMG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take your pick of which Merc you\u2019d like your hand-finished 6.2 litre (not 6.3, confusingly) slotted into \u2013 we have coup\u00e9s, estates, soft tops, and saloons. Sized to suit all tastes, and numbers of golf clubs. All very fast, and all rear wheel drive \u2013 but with a nannying traction control that will never really trust you to handle all that Affalterbach Aggression.<\/p>\n

\"merc\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jaguar XKR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soft or hard, Sir? With a choice of different roof options you can go coup\u00e9 or convertible as you grumble your way between petrol stations. No saloon version of this precise model, but V8 saloons are plentiful in Jaguar used car lots – they just didn\u2019t manage to fit our sub-5 second criteria so it\u2019s a choice of taking an XKR or being so slow your German-car-fahren Freunde will leave you behind.<\/p>\n

\"Jaguar\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

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Audi RS4\/RS6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Audi. Arguably the rival most people would think of. The RS4 especially shows good value when compared to the BMW \u2013 with \u201908 RS4s barely reaching \u00a320k. The RS6 offers huge estate car practicality with enough speed to hassle the M3 around der Nordschleife, which is surely top of any used car buyers ticklist, right?<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/figure>\n

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Lexus IS F<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not many around, but if you can find one then nobody will suspect a thing. You\u2019re safe. The neighbours won\u2019t think you\u2019re antisocial, and the local law enforcement won\u2019t even notice you\u2019re there. But, when you want it, there\u2019s a 5.0 V8 engine full of Japanese knowhow to propel you and your Lexus into the next county before anybody\u2019s managed to remember what your car looked like.<\/p>\n

\"Lexus\"<\/a><\/figure>\n

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Chrysler 300C Hemi<\/strong><\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

\"Chrysler<\/a><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

So there you have it,\u00a0 the cars the M3 is fighting against.<\/p>\n

We haven’t listed any of those in any order – that’s for you to decide.<\/p>\n

Let us know which you’d choose.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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