New BMW M3 GTS

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Are they serious??? $170K

For that price, Heidi Klum will have your baby.

What does that put it head to head with in the marketplace?

What could a tuner do for under a $100K?
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Steve Ekstrand wrote:Are they serious??? $170K

For that price, Heidi Klum will have your baby.

What does that put it head to head with in the marketplace?

What could a tuner do for under a $100K?
I'll buy a slightly used Gallardo for less than that :)

I love new suspension parts before they get dirty:
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For $133K you can get Porsche's fastest entry. Faster than the current GT or GT2.
I'm pretty sure this car will roast the M3.

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Looks like Toby started a tend with the Orange M3
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I think Toby's is just a 325.
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I doubt it will be priced at the U.S. dollar equivalent of the Euro price as calculated in Autoblog's post.
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Cool as this is, I really want a new 911 Sport Classic.
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BMW marketing did a good job with the new ads. The Part 2 I think is the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wh2FixhXs Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCzDOpVasHM part 2
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[quote="Tadd Ekstrand"]The Part 2 I think is the best./quote]

Starting the video by highlighting a few rock chips. That's brilliant!!!!

Buy our car! Cool orange paint, but... it chips so easily. (the lawyers made us warn you in the in the promo video)

But otherwise, I agree, filled with lots of cool takes (lighting, slow-mos, angles etc.)
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I am not seeing the rock chips?
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part two, first shot looks like the front lower right air dam and air inlet (time code - 0:00 - 0:01 fading in 0:02) has two big chips.
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Craig Naylor wrote:part two, first shot looks like the front lower right air dam and air inlet (time code - 0:00 - 0:01 fading in 0:02) has two big chips.
Initially, I thought the same thing, but I think that's reflection from a couple really bright, pinpoint lights.
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Those are just like kurt said from bright lights. I don't think BMW would film with rock chips in the paint.
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