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Old 04-30-2004, 07:23 PM
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Re: E46 M3 vs 996 Carrera

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Originally Posted by V8slayer
What are you talking about?

The Porsche cabin is no where near as good as the M3.

Plastic? OK, a standard 3 series, I agree with you. But the M3, that depends on what you compare it to. An Aston Martin, or a Bently yeah, the luxury levels are very different. But the M3's interior looses NOTHING to Porsche, Merc or Audi.

I've test driven all of them and c'mon, none are that good. 2mm thick wood, fake chrome handles, plastic dash, and the M3 has the best leather of all of them (if you shell out an extra $1,500 for the Spirit Nappa leather seats).

As for undistinguishable noises, the inline 6 gives an insane howl. It's a great engine sound (especially at 8000rpm). Especially compared to the C32 AMG, which I struggled to hear.
I agree, one should not compare the interior of the M3 with that of an Aston , a Bentley, or a Rolls Royce.... It's a car of a different league, so I wouldn't consider M3 interior bad...However christophv is right about the Merc and Audi comparison if we base it on the standard 3-series. I would take the A4 over the 3-series any day...
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