The Crazy 2001 Hartge H50 Was Unofficially the First 3 Series With an M-Developed V8

While the first M3 came with a motorsport-derived, four-cylinder engine, all but one of the subsequent iterations were equipped with straight sixes. BMW M broke with tradition during the development of the V8-powered E90 M3, but that wasn’t the first series production, high-performance 3 Series to feature suc... (continue reading...)