MOTOR Magazine Australia

03 BMW M3

HOW DOES A MECHANICAL entity devoid of human emotion make us feel so deeply? By the end of PCOTY 2022, this is the kind of philosophical question the G80 BMW M3 has taxing the minds of some of our judges. In a field littered with automatic and dual-clutch gearboxes, the Bavarian stands resolutely as the only one wielding three pedals and a stick.

Yet, until day three of the event, the M3 light was hidden beneath a bushel, the mundane southward commute not bringing the best out of the Bavarian. Bernie Quinn, having driven the manual Bimmer

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