[quote=LeMansX5]Here you go on the details

• New M-power V8, 414 bhp
• Mdrive,
• Coupe , Sedan , Touring and Coupe - Cabrio body styles
• Alluminium front end and hood
• innovative chassis design
• SMG drivelogic 7 speed
• Manual gearbox 6 speed
• Carbon fibre roof ( Coupe only)
• Magnesium components in engine and gearbox
• Thermo plastic body parts and trunk-lid
• Lighter high performance CSL, CSL will head into 500 BHP territory, but M3 will be more hardcore as will the forthcoming M6 CSL
• light weight construction,
• top speed could be unlimited up to 180 or 190mph. Six speed manual gearbox and optional Seven speed SMG. drivelogic
• Launch control
• Alluminium suspension for perfect weight and Enhanced agility
• M trademark exterior styling
• Carbon fibre front and rear bumper supports
• lightweight rear windscreen
• M HUD
• Redline is around 8250 RPM

Touring?! There's going to be an M3 Wagon or Hatch?

btw, in refrence to my previous post flat-plane crank layout is what ferrari uses for all it's V8s. It's bascially like having two 4cyl engines on one crank. Hence, looking at each bank separetely cyls 1 and 4 will always have the same position just like a normal 4 cyl. Cross-plane (98% of all v8s out there) design isn't symetrical in the same way as a flatplane design so there is end-end vibration. Large counter-weights are used to tackle this, but make the engine far less responsive. The disadvantage with flatplane is that you have the inherent second-order vibration of four-cyl engines and thus need balance-shafts which take up space and are more expensive.

So, if you ever why a Ferrari sounds so damn good, it isn't the exhaust (well, it's part of it), it's because firing orderis VERY different from other vehicles, including BMW. The M3 GTR V8 is flat-plane, and I would def like to see it make it's way to the next M3. It put out 444hp. Race technology usually trickles down, so let's hope for the best...at least a detuned version.