holy crap new m3

[CaptainHenreh]

Baaaaack frooom the deaaaaad...with engine specs!

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So. M3 V8. Yippie skippy. How much power?

420 horsepowers. (Ok, metric horsepowers)

At 8300 rpm.

I'll give you a second so you can read that again.

420 horsepower. 8300 rpm.



Torque? 288 lb-feet. But check out this torque curve:


Holy crapmonkeys! Not so much a torque "curve" as a torque, you know, line or something. There's also some garbage in there about using regenerative braking to charge the battery, which is cool, I guess. Sounds heavy. But speaking of heavy...here's the best part: You know that really bangin's sweet S54 that powers the E46 M3 and the Z4 M Coupe and stuff? This V8 is...lighter. I know, I just blew your mind. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

Wow, you know, I'll probably never own one but it's still frickin' cool.