From the fine-handling E30 original to the sensational V8-powered E90, there wasn’t a generation of M3 that didn’t hit the spot. And then along came this, the no-E-numbers-please F80.

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The BMW M3 stands as one of the most iconic performance ... V8 in the E92 and the turbocharged powerhouses of the F80 and G80, the M3’s engines have always been marvels of precision engineering.

Over the years, tweaks to the BMW’s chassis and drivetrain calibration helped, but it wasn’t until the M3 Competition version arrived that the F80 M3’s potential was finally realised.

A new video from BMW details the story of the M3 from 1986 homologation special to the autobahn assault weapon of today. It ...