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BMW M3 (E46) specs

Price in Europe €53,150 - €54,000
Price in US $47,407 - $55,695
Car type Coupe
Curb weight 1549-1590 kg (3415-3505 lbs)
Introduced 2000
Origin country Germany
Gas mileage 17.5-7.9 l/100 km (13-30 mpg US / 16-36 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 223 g/km
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Acceleration (kph)

0 - 40 kph1.8 s
0 - 50 kph2.1 s
0 - 60 kph2.8 s
0 - 80 kph3.7 s
0 - 100 kph4.8 s
0 - 120 kph6.9 s
0 - 130 kph7.9 s
0 - 140 kph8.9 s
0 - 160 kph11.4 s
0 - 180 kph14.2 s
0 - 200 kph16.8 s
0 - 220 kph23.9 s
0 - 240 kph31.1 s
1000 m24.1 s

Acceleration (mph)

0 - 30 mph1.8 s
0 - 40 mph2.9 s
0 - 50 mph3.9 s
0 - 60 mph4.5 s
0 - 70 mph6.6 s
0 - 80 mph8.1 s
0 - 90 mph10.1 s
0 - 100 mph11.2 s
0 - 130 mph21.2 s
0 - 150 mph32.7 s
Est. 1/8 mile9.4 s @ 91.3 mph
1/4 mile13.1 s @ 107.5 mph
BMW M3 acceleration graph

General performance

Top speed280 kph (174 mph)
0 - 100 mph - 016.9 s
Est. max acceleration0.59 g (6 m/s²)
18m slalom67.8 kph (42.1 mph)
Lateral acceleration0.89 g (9 m/s²)
Downforce @ 200 kph-18 kg (-40 lbs)

Powertrain specs

Engine type R6
Displacement 3.2 l (195 ci)
Power 343 ps (338 bhp / 252 kw)
Torque 365 Nm (269 lb-ft)
Power / liter 107 ps (106 hp)
Power / weight 219 ps (216 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 233 Nm (172 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 27 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 32 ps
Transmission 6 speed manual
Layout front engine, rear wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

Braking distance

100 kph - 035 m (114 ft)
200 kph - 0151 m (496 ft)
60 mph - 034 m (113 ft)
70 mph - 047 m (155 ft)
100 mph - 0103 m (338 ft)

Rolling acceleration

40 - 60 kph (3)1.7 s
40 - 60 kph (4)3.1 s
40 - 60 kph (5)4.4 s
40 - 80 kph (3)3.5 s
40 - 80 kph (4)5.6 s
40 - 80 kph (5)8.0 s
40 - 100 kph (3)5.2 s
40 - 100 kph (4)8.2 s
40 - 100 kph (5)11.2 s
40 - 120 kph (3)7.0 s
40 - 120 kph (4)10.7 s
40 - 120 kph (5)14.6 s
40 - 140 kph (3)8.8 s
40 - 140 kph (4)13.0 s
40 - 140 kph (5)17.7 s
40 - 160 kph (3)11.3 s
40 - 160 kph (4)15.8 s
40 - 160 kph (5)21.3 s
40 - 180 kph (4)18.7 s
40 - 180 kph (5)24.8 s
40 - 200 kph (4)22.1 s
40 - 200 kph (5)28.7 s
60 - 100 kph (4)5.7 s
60 - 100 kph (5)7.0 s
80 - 120 kph (4)5.2 s
80 - 120 kph (5)7.0 s
80 - 120 kph (6)9.7 s
70 - 120 kph11.1 s
80 - 120 kph8.9 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph3.8 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph12.6 s
5 - 60 mph5.2 s

Interior noise

Noise @ idle51 dB
Noise @ 80 kph69 dB
Noise @ 100 kph71 dB
Noise @ 130 kph72 dB
Noise @ 160 kph75 dB
Noise @ 180 kph77 dB
Noise @ 70 mph74 dB
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Corvolet3  1y ago

Very interesting lineup. Also the E46 beats the E92 😮

 


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FastestLaps  1y ago

OMG. This is a 33 minute horror movie

 

A shame, another one manual M3 gone. Low mileage and late year car as well...


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Corvolet3  2y ago

54000 euros... we've gone way too far with car prices.


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benedekpuskas  2y ago

Imagine if BMW made this!

 


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196ss  3y ago

Road & Track March 2003:
curb weight - 3450lbs
0-20 mph 1,1 sec
0-40 mph 2,9 sec
0-60 mph 4,9 sec
0-80 mph 8,1 sec
0-100 mph 12,3 sec
1/4 mile - 13,5 sec 104,2 mph
top speed - 155 mph
60-0 mph - 122 ft
80-0 mph - 213 ft
skidpad - 0,89g
700 ft slalom - 68,8 mph


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Lambolover  4y ago

 

Well this is the comp pack
Imma post this in the comp pack post as well


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DrDuke  7y ago

well at least the rims last longer than 100tkm - so you dont need to replace everything between the driver and the street ;D


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BR2+  7y ago

Whats next are you gonna show us that incredible Italian quality?..



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Wacek  8y ago

the acceleration times seems to be the ones for M3 CSL (with 360PS) and not for the "standard" M3 with 343PS.
0-100 is 5.2 s


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123456  11y ago

Does anybody know what wheels that are ?


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That Guy  11y ago

For some reason I think most of you guys are claiming to own M3's so cut the bull because I was racing my M3 last night & its still standard & I kicked cars with chips & Turbo's 0-200 in that thing is like nothing,gather your information before preaching about what you don't know


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richard  11y ago

i have a maserati coupe 4.2 (this car) and it beats the crap out of the m3 e46 (i've had 2)to 200km/h who enters these times anyway ?


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Jamez  11y ago

*70kg. cant remember if its 70 or 75


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Jamez  11y ago

1565kg includes a 75kg driver so relative to most car weights out there, this car weighs 1495kg. = 226bhp per ton



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monkeypop  13y ago

@Craig

Faster than a C5 Z06.. ummm no.


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Craig Luckey  13y ago

The e46 M3 is faster then a z06 c5. Simple do the math. its 3050lbs. Underrated 360hp with only a stock Inline 6 motor. The CSL M3 3.2 L S54 motor is still the most powerful i6 N/A production motor out. Just an M3 motor with cam/intake. High compression 11:5:1 an cast Iron strong. The specs are all from Wikipedia. Check it. BMW also makes the motor for the mclaren F1 former faster car in the world. Still the fastest N/A production car in world. s70/2 v12 with 627bhp all motor.


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Bmw!  14y ago

my friend have a 530d with software 280hp and he race a m3 e46 and win!
is this normaly


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DeDe  14y ago

Here's the AMS-datapanel for the 16,8 s time.


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Georg  14y ago

0-100mph and 16.8s 0-200km/h is correct too...

this numbers was reached by auto motor und sport in a test in 01/2003 were they tested the the M3 with 18" wheels unfortunatily they have not the data of such old test online anymore :/


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TheFrank  14y ago

Ha-ha! There is NO way in hell the E46 runs 0-124mph (0-200kph) in 16.8 secs when the new 09' Porsche Cayman S takes 17 seconds! The Cayman S (2009+) runs the ¼ mile in 12.7-12.9@110-111mph but is somehow SLOWER (17.0 vs. 16.8) to 124.xx mph (0-200kph) than the E46 M3?? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry not going to happen.


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Basti  14y ago

16,8 is absolutly correct. My M3 runs 100-200kmh in 11,... sec.


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Val  15y ago

Tried to find the auto motor und sport article with no success. I came upon this article though, stating 5.2 s 0-100 km/h
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/fahrberichte/artikel/fahrbericht-bmw-m3-coupe-2-688890.html


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Flimper  15y ago

florin
1 year ago
i have a m3 e46 and i liKE 0-100 in 4.8 and 0-200 in 16.8 but i think those are CSL specs
i think corect is 5.2 and 18.2
most optimistic owners are saying 5.0
please respond
thank you

I think this is correct, was there any response?


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c3e  15y ago

Best moddable car ever. Best sounding straight-piped exhaust, hands down apart from the VRA CGT. 1046rwhp with a simple $25k turbo kit and some new cams, intake and other stuff. It also looks superb when you lower it and put some 19's on. Definitely, IMO, best M3 ever.


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Anonymous  15y ago

That may be true, but like i said, ALOT of people, Whithin those 3 countrys will not know the difference, u have torque/Nm u have lbs/kg u have Kw/Bhp/Ps, but no 0-60mph/0-100kmh? and alot of people come from those nations who are on this site, thats why you should put them, also most care that are newly added always have the 0-60mph times added instead of the 0-100kmh time added, do you not go everyday without getting the 0-100kmh time mixed with the 0-60mph time? so if you have both metric And omperial times listed with the other stats you should put them in the performance stats as well.


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Georg  15y ago

the reason why we use metric system is simple..because there are only three nations in the world NOT using the metric system... one is the USA


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Anonymous  15y ago

IMO, the reason they probably don't use both is that it might cause more problems than it solves. For example suppose 1 European magazine gets 5.6 sec for 0-100kph then an American magazine gets 5.6 sec 0-60mph. Everyone will be like "WTF? How can they both be the same" (Different cars, different conditions, numerous other reasons)


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Anonymous  15y ago

But most people dont know that. thats why i say this site should have both metric and imperial datas. i mean they do on everything else, why not performance? well atleast 0-60mph times.