At the best of times a V8 M3 sounds like an alien concept. The E9X is the obvious outlier, but there was one before that you ...

As BMW intensifies its electrification strategy, a test vehicle for the all-electric version of the high-performance M3 ...

the BMW M3 is nearly 40 years old as of 2025. It all started in 1986, four years after BMW introduced the second-generation 3 Series (E30). Intended to be a homologation special for DTM and Group ...

so M3 production began at BMW’s Munich factory in September 1986. Although it had the same basic unitary body shell as the rest of the E30 3-series range, the M3 acquired 12 unique body panels ...

The M3 going electric is a big deal, the biggest since BMW replaced the original lightweight four-cylinder homologation special E30 for the fatter ... rolled out to the 3-series in 2027 and ...