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Not a million miles from a TVR Tasmin coupe. I had one in this colour way back in the 1980s and this one, like mine, liked to spend time on the back of a recovery truck.
I had a factory round the corner from TVR, and drove past Peter Wheelers house on the way to work (until he moved).
He used to take development and prototypes home. I used to love hearing them driving past the factory. I keep fancying one but will wait til I've got a garage.
I had 2 in a row from the mid 80`s to the early 90s. First a 2.8 litre coupe with a Ford engine and then a 350 convertible with the Rover V8. That second one was magnificent to drive, it was so light that the 200bhp the engine produced was plenty and it was really communicative too. As long as the sun shone of course. It leaked badly, had non existent heating, the headlamps and windows would get stuck up or down etc etc. I still think the 350 convertible is a beautiful car and I occasionally look at 2nd hand ones .
I used to call in at Harrogate Horseless Carriages as I passed it regularly on saturdays when I was late teens, early 20s - they were a TVR dealer. I used to love sitting in them...the smell of leather and glue still sticks with me. They once had an 420 SEAC in
Better in yellow.
Forgot about this topic. Moved on to a Z4 coupe then an older Z4 convertible after this car. All gone now and bought this 18 months ago.
That is peak M3 for me - it’s a perfect mix of style and aggression. Plenty of power and not too big, with that great 6 engine. My brother in law had a CSL with racing brakes, and it was probably the most fun car I’ve driven.
What colour is that?
It’s a Silverstone edition so a very light blue colour. A limited edition run during the E46 production. Info below copied and pasted from the M3 Cutters forum of which I am a member. Mine has the manual gearbox and is number 30 of 50.
What is an E46 M3 "Silverstone Edition"?
A limited edition of 50 E46 M3 coupes (plus one pilot car) with BMW Individual paint and interior trim were quietly produced for the UK market during late 2004. Available with either the six-speed manual (30 produced) or six-speed SMG II (20 produced) transmissions, they all received Silverstone metallic (425) paintwork paired to a Dark Estoril Blue extended Nappa leather interior. The interior was additionally equipped with silver Aluminum Cube trim and black floor mats with Dark Estoril Blue leather edges. A generous amount of regular series options were also included, such as the Harmon/Kardon audio system, satellite navigation with TV function, 19-inch forged M Double Spoke alloy wheels, Park Distance Control and bi-Xenon headlights with washers.
Silverstone Edition cars are rumoured to have been allocated to various motoring related celebrities throughout the UK but there's currently no evidence to support this.
All cars were built between 29th November and 21st December 2004 with a VIN range between PP86780 and PP86935 on Production line 3 which is where all the right hand drive special models such as Individuals, Silverstone Editions, CS' and CSLs were built for all right hand drive markets (predominantly Japan, Aus and UK).
What is an E46 M3 "Silverstone Edition"?
A limited edition of 50 E46 M3 coupes (plus one pilot car) with BMW Individual paint and interior trim were quietly produced for the UK market during late 2004. Available with either the six-speed manual (30 produced) or six-speed SMG II (20 produced) transmissions, they all received Silverstone metallic (425) paintwork paired to a Dark Estoril Blue extended Nappa leather interior. The interior was additionally equipped with silver Aluminum Cube trim and black floor mats with Dark Estoril Blue leather edges. A generous amount of regular series options were also included, such as the Harmon/Kardon audio system, satellite navigation with TV function, 19-inch forged M Double Spoke alloy wheels, Park Distance Control and bi-Xenon headlights with washers.
Silverstone Edition cars are rumoured to have been allocated to various motoring related celebrities throughout the UK but there's currently no evidence to support this.
All cars were built between 29th November and 21st December 2004 with a VIN range between PP86780 and PP86935 on Production line 3 which is where all the right hand drive special models such as Individuals, Silverstone Editions, CS' and CSLs were built for all right hand drive markets (predominantly Japan, Aus and UK).
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Designed by zegato and viper underpinnings I struggling to see how it's an alfa
Yes Silverstone blue became a more ‘common’ colour on the next generation 3 series and other models in the BMW lineup including the E60 you mentioned. A bit like the Porsche 911 (996) 40 Jahre which had the metallic GT Silver paint only previously seen on the Carrera GT but then appeared quite commonly on later models.
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Me too, this was my 95' M3 3.2 Evo. I bought the number plate for about £250 iirc, and left it on when I sold it.
I always thought they were a bit heavy and slow revving. Much preferred a smaller engined turbo car, like a Cosworth.
Wish I still had it now for a Sunday pootle about though.
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