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Originally Posted by Tacoma
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:
" 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. |
You're citing one generation as "always". E30 M3 used the same grilles as the E30 sedan, and so did E36. The E46 nose is consistent without massive change between coupe and sedan and M3. E90 and E92 shared the same grilles between coupe and sedan. "Done this way from the start" means . . . what?