This is no road-going E46 M3 either, and it’s the #42 BMW E46 M3 GTR that was raced by Jörg Müller and J.J. Lehto in 2001.

But we think the M3 GTR race car of the mid-2000s might take the cake for best-sounding BMW on the planet. Unlike the E46-generation M3 street car, which used a straight-six engine, the GTR was ...

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Discover the US premiere of the 2026 BMW iX and the celebration of 50 years of the iconic BMW 3 Series at The Amelia.

Mention BMW’s M3 to anyone with even a modicum of superunleaded running through their veins and the first thing that will come to mind is the iconic, motorsport-inspired E30. It isn’t fast by ...