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      04-02-2008, 06:49 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by E82tt6 View Post
I don't see how they could do this, and make it anything other an cosmetic.

The gap between the 335 and 135 and the M3 is already razor thin. Add a stiffer suspension, LSD, and chip, and you have an M3 beating car... I couldn't see BMW doing that.
But they are the BMW Performance parts already includes lower, stiffer suspension than the ZSP package, sway bars, intakes, exhausts, cams, brakes (some only available on E46s for now but they are coming for the E90 and the 1 series) but they aren't hard core enough upgrades to beat the ///M models.

It makes perfect sense to me, these parts on a regular 3 series will not be quite as hardcore as an ///M3 but it also will still be cheaper than an ///M3 so there is still reason to justify the ///M's higher price tag.

And I'm being careful to put the /// in front of the ///M3 to differentiate it from the M-Sport packages which are purely cosmetic.
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