Few cars have had such an enduring impact on the performance motoring world as the mighty BMW M3. The badge itself is arguably one of the most famous and most popular performance nameplates to ever come out of Germany. The BMW M3 may not be the original M-badged Autobahn bruiser (a distinction that goes to the M1 in 1978). It’s not even the first ‘M Car’ based on a production model (that would be the 1979 M535i or the 1984 E28 M5, depending on which side of the debate you sit). But the magic of