Leave it to BMW to make something special out of a transmission. Its sequential manual gearbox has been officially named SMG, and it's a seriously high-tech piece. Like the Magneti-Marelli system ...

When the temperature is above 70, the car puts itself in neutral. This is dangerous and inconvenient, as we can not use the car in the spring and summer. This is the BMW 2003 M3 SMG transmission. I ...

Starting from their desire to make the current M3 generation a worthy competitor to Porsche’s 997 Turbo, the tuners at Manhart Racing released a kit destined to boost the M3’s power to 550 horsepower, ...

When it comes to fixing up vehicles of the European persuasion everybody from the magazine's parent company seems to come knocking at our door. While I don't mind answering a few questions here and ...

BMW’s M3, M5 and M6 all have it, but the Z4 M derivation of BMW’s roadster set to debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit won’t have BMW’s SMG automated transmision. Instead, ...

POWERTRAIN: 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V8; awd, five-speed automatic HP: 450 @ 5700-6400 rpm TORQUE: 415 @ 1950-5600 rpm CURB WEIGHT: 4024 pounds MANDEL: This is as stout a car as I remember driving ...

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There are two types of premium compact super sports sedans: The BMW M3 is one type, the BMW M3-fighter is the other. The 2015 BMW M3 enters a more crowded ring of contenders than ever before. Is it ...