Very interesting lineup. Also the E46 beats the E92 😮
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 |
Views | 254.4k |
Lap times
Acceleration (kph)
0 - 40 kph | 1.8 s |
0 - 50 kph | 2.1 s |
0 - 60 kph | 2.8 s |
0 - 80 kph | 3.7 s |
0 - 100 kph | 4.8 s |
0 - 120 kph | 6.9 s |
0 - 130 kph | 7.9 s |
0 - 140 kph | 8.9 s |
0 - 160 kph | 11.4 s |
0 - 180 kph | 14.2 s |
0 - 200 kph | 16.8 s |
0 - 220 kph | 23.9 s |
0 - 240 kph | 31.1 s |
1000 m | 24.1 s |
Acceleration (mph)
0 - 30 mph | 1.8 s |
0 - 40 mph | 2.9 s |
0 - 50 mph | 3.9 s |
0 - 60 mph | 4.5 s |
0 - 70 mph | 6.6 s |
0 - 80 mph | 8.1 s |
0 - 90 mph | 10.1 s |
0 - 100 mph | 11.2 s |
0 - 130 mph | 21.2 s |
0 - 150 mph | 32.7 s |
Est. 1/8 mile | 9.4 s @ 91.3 mph |
1/4 mile | 13.1 s @ 107.5 mph |
General performance
Top speed | 280 kph (174 mph) |
0 - 100 mph - 0 | 16.9 s |
Est. max acceleration | 0.59 g (6 m/s²) |
18m slalom | 67.8 kph (42.1 mph) |
Lateral acceleration | 0.89 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 |
Braking distance
100 kph - 0 | 35 m (114 ft) |
200 kph - 0 | 151 m (496 ft) |
60 mph - 0 | 34 m (113 ft) |
70 mph - 0 | 47 m (155 ft) |
100 mph - 0 | 103 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 kph | 11.1 s |
80 - 120 kph | 8.9 s |
Est. 100 - 140 kph | 3.8 s |
Est. 100 - 200 kph | 12.6 s |
5 - 60 mph | 5.2 s |
Interior noise
Noise @ idle | 51 dB |
Noise @ 80 kph | 69 dB |
Noise @ 100 kph | 71 dB |
Noise @ 130 kph | 72 dB |
Noise @ 160 kph | 75 dB |
Noise @ 180 kph | 77 dB |
Noise @ 70 mph | 74 dB |
M3 competition
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...
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
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
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 ?
Jamez 11y ago
1565kg includes a 75kg driver so relative to most car weights out there, this car weighs 1495kg. = 226bhp per ton
Jeff B 13y ago
http://www.fastestlaps.com/comparisons/bmw_m3_e46-vs-chevrolet_corvette_c5_z06_2001.html
Yeah it's definitely not faster than a C5Z lol.
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.
Bmw! 14y ago
my friend have a 530d with software 280hp and he race a m3 e46 and win!
is this normaly
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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)
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.