BMW's 3 Series is such a good car, it practically drives the competition into the ground or has it chasing its tail in an effort to match its performance figures.
Lexus, for example, have tried to replicate the success of the M3 with a hot saloon of their own, the IS-F. For this they used a big 5-liter V8 engine and mated it to sports suspension and a snappy gearbox. Of course, their first try wasn't as good, but the IS-F is still a cool car, so cool in fact that a tuner has looked at its exhaust and said "hmm, I'll put that on the 335i!"
It happened to this 3 Series Convertible that had its twin-turbo engine muffled by an ENERGY SPORT EVO93.1 exhaust system. Instead of two pipes, this has four oval ones in a stacked arrangement that's just like the hot Lexus. Unlike the Japanese car, the mufflers are in the middle of the car.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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