2008 BMW M3 vs. 2008 Lexus IS F - Car and Driver
He’d certainly be horrified by the competition going on these days among the makers of sports sedans. Although the genre is deliciously broad, we’ll concentrate here on two cars: the cat’s meow of sports sedans, the BMW M3, and a newcomer from Lexus, the IS F. This fourth generation of the BMW M3 debuted last fall and is available as a two-door... Neither the Lexus, which only comes as a sedan, nor the four-door M3, was available for that test, so this duel was a given. Start with a small, lightweight car, and stuff in a honking engine. The difference now is that these modern-day muscle cars complement those monster motors with sharp suspensions and plenty of luxury features. Both have base prices of about $56,000. Let’s start with the M3. Based on the 17-time 10Best -winner 3-series, the latest M3 has twice the number of cylinders (eight) and, with 414 horsepower, more than twice the horsepower of the first M3 that... Our test car came stuffed with. Source: www.caranddriver.com
