I know I'm going to get flack for this one but, I honestly have been on the track with all kinds if beemers.
You see there's no SVT club, that I know of, up here in the Vancouver BC area so, since a couple of my buddies own BMW's,.....I'm a card carrying member of the BMW Car Club of British Columbia.
Every once in a while us "Beemer Buds" take to the track for some fun laps.
Now this isn't "head to head" racing, but we do take things pretty serious.
Now my point! My SVT has impressed the "S_ _T, out of everyone there! All the driving instructors, (professional race drivers), say the SVT is a "gem"!
I certainly can easily stay with any of the 3 series, and noone walks away from me including the M3"s.
Of course the new M3's have around 333 hp, so I doubt that I would keep up with one, especially with a good driver.
Z3 couldn't shake me either.
Point is that the SVT is a very good car!! Certainly worth more than the money!!
More important to performance is the driver! (as with the Z3 above).
Sure I can afford a more expensive car. I looked at, (and drove) the A6,A4(turbo),BMW 3 series (a couple of them), but none of them was as much fun to drive as the SVT!!
By the way, my buddies who own the Beemers agree!!!
I just get a bit tired of these side by side comparisons....I'll get of my soap box now!
(...man I know I'm going to regret this one!)
PS. I'm 10kilometers an hour faster down the straight than my buddies BMW 328, granted it is an automatic.
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