‘AS TIME GOES ON IT ONLY SEEMS MORE PERFECTLY CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED’
THE E46-GENERATION BMW M3 FIRST appeared on the cover of this magazine for issue 024. A simple side profile of the car finished in Imola Red, set against a black background. Nobody had driven the car at this point but there was already a big buzz surrounding BMW’s new interpretation of its most celebrated model. ‘Why this will be the best driver’s car BMW has ever built’ the cover proclaimed, unequivocally. Pretty bold stuff, but there
