Siena:

BMW M3 in Nigeria will be personal import only.

You've just confirmed what I suspected - sellers on Nairaland, and even Nigeria generally misrepresent what they're selling. Sometimes down to ignorance, sometimes plain fraudulent.

There is no BMW M3 with a diesel engine. The M3 is the most powerful, performance-oriented 3 series available, and all the engines are petrol, not diesel.

Danka7777:

You are right, BMW doesn't make M3 or M series with diesel engine. Performance and Diesel powered engine don't go together.

If I had to pick a performance car, bar none it would be 1992, 1993 and 1994 Mercedes 500E/E500. Sent one back home last summer. Currently own a 2006 BMW M5, but it comes nothing close to the W124 E500 in handling and performance

You are wrong mate! unfortunately BMW have decided to go against all ethos of performance motoring and are going to release an X6 M with a diesel engine

baby-boy:

Tell me your joking!!!

V8 to a V10 an 2005 M5 would make the W124 E500 look slow, 

Even the W124 E500 would struggle to see the tail light of a vauxhall carlton lotus

baby-boy:


That's a 4 x 4, Jeep, Wagon etc,  its not an M-Powered engine

norrisman:

You are wrong mate! unfortunately BMW have decided to go against all ethos of performance motoring and are going to release an X6 M with a diesel engine 

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/17/bmw-releases-second-x6-m-diesel-teaser/

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/24906.htm

yungboss:

@Danka777
Wow,the mercedes comes again. I had already given up on the benz, i know the AMGs are superb cars, but do they handle better or drive faster than bmw M cars,the amazing E500,do u really think it out-handles an M5?

Danka7777:

You are right. They just started producing it on their 2011 model X6M only.

Danka7777:

I will keep on correcting you respectfully; don't think you know a great deal about performance cars. First, saying the word  "jeep" is not applicable to this discussion and has no relevance whatsoever to performance vehicles. Second, you said it is a "4x4" ,  sorry its not a "4x4" but an AWD. You must understand the difference between the AWD and 4x4.  Same also goes with the word "wagon." All these terminologies used are oxymoronic and make no sense with respect to the car in question. Third, "Norrisman" is right,  that is indeed a BMW Motorsport, X6M.

And please do me a big favor, DON'T BRING UP OPEL CARS WHEN BMW, BENZ AND AUDI are mentioned with respect to performance cars. Its zany and laughable  you would bring up OPEL of all other performance car makers. Find out why GM phased out OPEL cars from the U.S market; that should perhaps give you an idea.

Danka7777:

You are right, BMW doesn't make M3 or M series with diesel engine. Performance and Diesel powered engine don't go together.

What's your take on the M5? You seem to be more into M3. I kind of like the M5 and M6 than M3.

My choice would be the M5, but this thread wasn't about my preference, more about options in the M3's, going by the OP's query when he started this thread.

Danka7777:

I too have given up on Benz AMGs but this model ( W124 E500 model) still brings me back home to Benz. Personally, I prefer BMW's, Porsche's and Audi's- for young guys.  Benz is for old people or like my friends would say, Grandpa car. As I mentioned, W124 E500/500E comes no where to M5 in performance. However, if you drove both cars, you will quickly realize that it handles and responds well than M5.  Again, M5 IS SUPERIOR, can't stress that enough. My choice of W124 E500 is just anecdotal.

Siena:

Danka, nice cars! But it would be polite of you to open a Mercedes-Benz thread, so we can all contribute there. This thread was started buy a member who may be looking to purchase a BMW M3 at some point. This thread's now being derailled, not good.

Happy New Year!

Danka7777:

Yeah my bad. My apologies to the author of the original post. Same here, Happy New Year.

youngbest:

Guy Benz is changing that image of grand pa car especially the amg division and let me tell officially on a straight line benz is always faster than beemers but on the turn beemers are faster, and in 2010 mecedes released the c63 amg as a direct competition to the m3 and according to Jeremy Clarkson of top gear its a suicide machine its way faster than the beemer on the straight but not as fast on the bend, watch this please

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZExdTHHjY

Kushite:

I still don't get why any one would go for M3 or M5 when all you need to do is go for Porsche 911 Carrera.

Kushite:

I still don't get why any one would go for M3 or M5 when all you need to do is go for Porsche 911 Carrera.

baby-boy:

But A Vauxhall Carlton Lotus handles far better and also performs better than the E500