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Originally Posted by 530iDriver
The E46 M3 did 0-60 in 4.5 secs. The E36 M3 before it did the same run in 5.2 secs.
20+ years later a "base" new 3-Series runs circles around an E36 M3 and accomplishes this with a 2 liter turbo. And it is not that far off from the E46 M3
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Not a chance. The B46 is a great engine, and off the line it will be about the same or maybe better from 0-60 as the E36 M3 but that's about where the similarities end.
Once the car is rolling at speed, the B46 loses steam compared the S52 in the E36 M3 which just keeps pulling. Throw the 330i in to sport or sport+ and the shifter into sport mode go up a hill and floor it. It doesn't pull as hard as the E36 M3.
I'm willing to bet a skilled driver can get the E36 M3 around a twisty road course quicker than a 330i M-Sport due to the lower weight and more communicative steering its easy to get the E36 very close to its limit without exceeding it, and you don't have to scrub as much speed as you do in the G20. The G20 doesn't do a great job communicating what's happening at the limit causing the driver to lose confidence even if the car technically can handle more.
Guaranteed that the M340 though would destroy the E36 M3. Regardless of which one handles better/is more agile, the G20 M340 has more than enough power to ham fist your way through any situation and outgun the E36 M3.
I'm very impressed by the G20 and I think a 330i M-Sport exceeds the performance of the E36 M3 in some ways but not all. Thats very impressive for a base level car. But the two cars do this in very different ways and the sensations between an E36 M3 and a 330i M-Sport are vastly different. The 330 is numb, the E36 gives you tons of steering feedback, auditory feedback, throttle/brake pedal feedback, and chassis feedback through the seat...g20, basically nothing