Comments on: BMW M3 Coupe with KERS being tested or street-version of M3 GT4?

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By: Ted Spahr

Ted Spahr — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:48:23 +0000

Also, don’t they always cover up the roudel when there doing any testing?

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By: Lboogy

Lboogy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:21:29 +0000

Cant wait for the new M5 and M3 with
KERS technology! BMW is always reaching new boundaries.

By: Horatiu B.

Horatiu B. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:48:58 +0000

I don’t have the full details on KERS, but I know it uses similar technology as in the F1 car.

By: Harmonica

Harmonica — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:45:07 +0000

Agreed. If this was a concept vehicle, it would have the swirly stickers covering 40% of the car. And no way BMW lets anything out of it’s doors with a wing best suited for a Honda Civic.

By: Matt Stokes

Matt Stokes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:03 +0000

Yeah, I’m with Parker on this one…

Where is the evidence that this maybe fitted with kers?, to me the intakes all look the same size as usual… and aside from the front lip and the bolt on rear wing this looks no different? IIRC the M3 GT4 did not have any bodywork changes either.

A road version of the GT4 car seems prettty crazy as GT4 class is all about racing road cars with minimal differences.

By: Parker

Parker — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:38:57 +0000

How do we know that its not just some guy running the ring in his kitted up M3 with black wheels?

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:14:42 +0000

On the engine flywheel? I thought BMW’s KERS had its own flywheel (combined with generator/motor).

By: Ted Spahr

Ted Spahr — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:59:44 +0000

That rear wing is ridicules! Why in the world would BMW ever put that wing on a M3… With all the aero tech. they have and the big wind tunnel at Hinwill, WHY!?!?! Hopefully this won’t make it on the production model, if there ever is such a thing.

By: Auday

Auday — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:59:18 +0000

Horatiu, do you have any info on how the KERS would work? is it an electrical recovery system motor/generator on the flywheel like F1?

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:58:24 +0000

Interesting… for E90 they’d presumably still use the V8, which seems like a strange combination considering the overall weight and BMW’s direction in performance-thru-efficiency.

Surely this won’t be available on the current-generation M3 (new 5 more plausible)… or did they plan for KERS’ readiness in this generation?

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