Leaked: BMW M3 Cabrio

BMW M3 Cabrio

Here we are busy reporting on all the latest and greatest at the Detroit Motor Show, then up pops our friends at autoblog.nl with what appears to be the first official photos of the BMW M3 Cabrio which had us frantically running over to the BMW stand expecting to see this baby in the flesh, only to be left disappointed.

The new M3 Cabrio is reported to be the first to feature BMW's 7 speed double clutch transmission which will carry the label "M DKG" and is very similar to Volkswagen's six speed DSG transmission which uses 2 computer controlled switches to make shift changes both quicker and smoother. The 0 to 60mph time lies at 5.3 seconds which is 0.4 seconds slower than the coupe, largely due to the extra weight of the retractible roof.

We aren't expecting to see the M3 Cabrio in the flesh until Geneva in March, but lets see if these leaked photos spur BMW into action sooner

Source: autoblog.nl

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ceven

Oh come on ... The 420hp won't get it to 60mph faster? What a shame ... 5.3 ain't really sporty if you ask me. The elderly Audi RS4 Cabriolet does that quicker at 4.9s. Or is it the DKG's bad? Can't imagine what slows this car down so bad...

January 13, 2008 9:27 pm

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Blaconque

the cabriolet is more showing up than sportic so i don't think its necessory to make it stronger

January 13, 2008 9:29 pm

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_M7_

Cabrio are for girls even if its BMW jaja

January 13, 2008 9:50 pm

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cayenne

the cabriolet is more showing up than sportic so i don't think its necessory to make it stronger. Maybe i too think so just for the girls is very good

January 14, 2008 12:47 am

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thamzn

ceven raises a poignant point. Several magazines internationally have tested the RS 4 at a notably quicker pace than the M3. Regardless of the "lighter" label the Munich monster carries, it would seem Quattro and those extra Nm count for something at the traffic lights.

January 14, 2008 3:43 am

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german-cars-lover

Cabrio are for girls ?? That's really funny . HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA !!

January 14, 2008 6:19 am

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Egor

This car for boy. And boy can take girls!!! Joke:) M3 is the super car! I liked it!!!

January 14, 2008 6:27 am

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brocky

5.3 seconds.... freakin cow

January 14, 2008 7:37 am

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stillthewhizz

It has a folding hard top! How much weight do you think that adds? Plus the regular coupe has a carbon fibre roof and if they did a folding carbon fibre roof it would cost a lot which you'd then all moan about. Most of you wouldn't even notice the difference between 4.9 and 5.3 seconds anyway. And now I wait for a smart arse to claim he has an RS4 and he drove an M3 and noticed the difference in speed! What that the M3 is actually faster? Because it is?

January 14, 2008 8:00 am

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Roger

January 14, 2008 11:00 am

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brocky

5.3 seconds is porky bro. An STi/Evo can best that without a good launch. A 400+ hp M3 should have higher expectations. BMW has forgotten why people loved the M3... its a shame

January 15, 2008 9:44 pm

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jreyes30

i like it but i just wish it had more horse power.

January 14, 2008 8:09 am

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jreyes30

i wish it had more horsepower

January 14, 2008 8:10 am

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brocky

Forget the HP I wish it was lighter! But i know what you mean =(

January 15, 2008 9:47 pm

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xenomorph

Do most people really think cabriolets are for girls? I was thinking of getting some form of convertible, but if most people think they are for girls then I'm not sure I would. I know it shouldn't really matter but I'm just curious to see what the general consensus is with convertibles/cabriolets.

January 14, 2008 8:26 am

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ck314

Convertibles (luxury 4/5 seaters) are for boulevard posers, ghetto pimps, rap stars, retired ppl, girls and, sometimes, a relaxing 3rd or 4th car for (rich) good drivers, while roadsters (sportier 2 seaters) and premium sports coup????s/sedans are usually created for the joy of driving, which doesn't exclude (occasionally) any of the above :)

January 14, 2008 8:44 pm

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ceven

End of story in any case will be: why build a M3 all comfy with a folding CC metal top? Cabriolets should still have soft tops. Textile. Like the E46 M3 series convertible. Call it the "M3 Coup???? Convertible". Bwah.

January 14, 2008 9:35 am

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Roger

No it isn't? they are the same on a pristine race track but try them both on public roads. RS4 rinses the new M3 on public roads. And 5.3 for an M? That is firmly where Audi place there S models... forget the RS models. Fancy a TT-S which does it in 5.2 seconds from its little 2.0 litre engine! And lightweight to waste the M3 on the corners, with quattro and magnetic ride.

January 14, 2008 10:59 am

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car.fan

Audi for life...enough said.

January 14, 2008 1:21 pm

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w00d00

January 14, 2008 2:01 pm

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kronos

5.3 is estimate, my 335i convertible does it in 5.5 and it's only 300 hp. i bet it's going to be more like 4.9

January 14, 2008 4:38 pm

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ejuanpiman

Here's to roger and everyone of you who say the rs4 is faster... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axb19DwhqUk

January 14, 2008 9:42 pm

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Pentium

It's great tottaly great!

January 15, 2008 2:22 pm

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ceven

Found full specs 'round here. Weight, unladen, to DIN1): 1,810kg Weight, unladen, to EU2): 1,885kg Max load to DIN: 470kg Max permissible to DIN: 2,280kg 2,280. [...] Alright, noone's gonna go for that weight, but just imagine the car fueled at 1,885kg with 2 proper passengers at (man/woman combo) 72kg each. 2,029kg. There you go. The proper two-ton sports ride. Just to have that here, too. *click*

January 15, 2008 6:21 pm

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NIce Bimmer but Kleemann on ebay is 50% off for Mercedes CL 63 AMG

January 20, 2008 9:23 pm

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