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The Evolution of the M3
BMW Motorsport has been an iconic name in automotive performance since the E30 M3 was first released in 1986. The E30 M3 was a very lightweight car that weighed in at a mere 2857 pounds and came equipped with 2.3 liter 4 cylinder engine. The E30 M3 was praised more for handling and balance attributes rather than raw power however after four generations, the M3 line up has seen significant changes in weight and power output. As generations progressed the M3 got consistently heavier. The latest generation M3 weighs slightly over half a Ton more and has twice as many cylinders compared to the first generation M3. The most noticeable difference upon sitting inside both vehicles is the completeness of the interior in the E90 M3 compared to the E30 M3. The E30 M3’s interior is very basic and only has the absolute essentials. The E30 M3 did not even come with airbags. It is obvious to anybody who sits in the vehicle that the car was purpose built for the race track. While the E90 m3 comes with all the luxuries you would expect in any high end vehicle making it extremely comfortable to drive daily and very capable on the track. BMW Motorsports fans believe that BMW have lost their way with the M3 and feel that the driving experience is being lost with all the electronic driving aids and technology added into the car in order to keep less experienced drivers safely on the road.

Naturally aspirated to forced induction
Recently, a significant amount of pressure has been on companies to be environmentally aware and BMW Motorsport is no exemption from this fact. Controversial Design changes have been made to the Motorsport engines in the newly released BMW M4 and BMW M5. These cars both have smaller engines than their predecessors and are fitted with Turbochargers in order to make up for smaller displacement engines and improve very poor emissions. The controversy regarding the switch to forced induction is because of the fact that the feeling is less of an organic driving experience and in order to use the full potential of the car the driver needs to be constantly aware of keeping up boost pressure while in a naturally aspirated vehicle power is instant and always available. When an engine that is equipped with forced induction is not receiving boost due to a lack of exhaust pressure this is called Turbo lag, during the lag the engine performance is significantly hindered. Naturally aspirated engines symbolized the BMW Motorsports since 1986 so inevitably many fans where very upset by the announcement that BMW Motorsports was going to resort to forced induction to adhere to pressure to reduce CO2 emissions. The predecessor E60 M5 came equipped with a 5.4 liter V10 engine that was highly praised as one of the best engines BMW has ever created. Similarly, the F82 M4 (the next generation m3 coupe) received a downsizing on the engine from a V8 to a straight 6 cylinder engine but compensating by adding a twin turbo set up.

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