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Originally Posted by BMWCCA1
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Originally Posted by chris719
Uh, yeah, except you're completely wrong. They have always used the coupe front end. It's just never diverged this much so you, apparently, never noticed.
A better way to put it is that the M3/M4 (or M3 sedan) always has the same front and it is always bespoke.
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Don't be so parochial. There were M3s before there were 4-series, and the grilles from M3s would always fit in the normal 3-series cars. For instance, and E30 M3 center grille fits any other E30. There was no compelling reason for BMW to use the new 4-series grille on the upcoming M3 when the M340i front-end would have served perfectly well. Jamming the grille from a 1972 Ford Torino in the M3 isn't supported by any engineering or aero-tuning claims. |
Not sure why you keep insisting otherwise but chris719, frankchn and others are correct that M3's (and M4's starting with the F82) have always used the coupe front end. This is really not disputable. Here's a quote from
BMW AG in describing their history concerning the 3 series:
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The BMW M3 Sedan grew out of a fusion between the two designs. The design involved an unprecedented combination of a front section based on the Coupé’s front end and a tail section derived from the Sedan."
It was done this way from the start and continues into the G8x. Also when you say "There were M3s before there were 4-series," that's true in name only. The 3-Series Coupe begat the 4-Series. They split out the coupe into the 4-Series to be consistent with BMW nomenclature with even-numbering for coupes. There may be more divergence between the 3-Series and 4-Series in the future however.