Le Mans. Car Pictures. Bmw E46. eray. 586 followers. Comments. No comments yet! Add one to start the conversation. BMW M3 GTR E46 Street Version by Kyosho 1:18 An example was the BMW M3 GTR, which mopped up the GT3 class in the 2002 American Le Mans Series, much to the chagrin of archrival Porsche. Regulations for the 2001 Le Mans 24-hour race (and the American Le Mans Series) stated that a . Bmw M3 Gtr ive been deciding of whats faster pls help me! Message Edited by PSM on 11-13-2007 01:05 AM. Der 2001 BMW M3 GTR GT (E46) ist ein Rennwagen von BMW der auf dem E46 M3 basiert. Er wurde in der Rennsaison 2001 von den Teams BMW Motorsport und Team Schnitzer während dem American Le Mans Championship und der European Le Mans Series eingesetzt. The M3 GTR was a surprise when it was released in 2001. Designed to race in American Le Mans under the GT category, this car won 7 out of the 10 events of the 2001 season, significantly beating the Porsche 911 GT3-R. The E90 M3 road car had taken its lead from the old M3 GTR and stepped up to a 4.0-liter V8 for its 2008 debut, but the GTS got a 4.4-liter version of the same S65. The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, BMW M3 GTR BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8 19: 22: 21 25 19 17 17 30 170: 4 . Terbaru bmw m3 gtr le mansBerita Terkait BMW M3Mobil-mobil ini harganya di atas Rp2 miliar Ada yang cuma satu-satunya di IndonesiaIndonesia memiliki pasar otomotif yang menjanjikan. Buktinya bukan cuma produsen mobil massal saja yang menjajaki, tapi deretan mobil mobil termahal di Indonesia pun bisa ditemukan. Bahkan beberapa diantaranya cuma masuk dalam jumlah sangat terbatas. Apa saja?Kalau bicara mobil berharga selangit, tentulah pabrikan kendaraan premium dari Eropa yang menguasai. Antara lain BMW, Mercedes-Benz, dan Porsche. Tapi kalau BMW X3 M Competition 2022 dan BMW X4 M Competition 2022 diluncurkan di Jakarta. 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ChePerbandingan BMW M3Kamu Juga SukaMerek Mobil PopulerKonsumsi BBM Mobil PopulerKonsumsi BBM Mitsubishi Outlander SpKonsumsi BBM Nissan SerenaKonsumsi BBM Wuling AlmazKonsumsi BBM Toyota RushKonsumsi BBM Wuling Confero SKonsumsi BBM Toyota YarisKonsumsi BBM Wuling Cortez CTKonsumsi BBM Honda CR-VKonsumsi BBM Toyota ViosKonsumsi BBM Mazda 2Konsumsi BBM Nissan MarchKonsumsi BBM Toyota AlphardPerbandingan Mobil PopulerSuzuki Karimun Wagon R vs Toyota AgyHonda BR-V vs Toyota RushDaihatsu Terios vs Toyota RushHonda Accord vs Toyota CamryHonda City vs Toyota ViosHonda Brio vs Nissan MarchHonda Brio vs Suzuki IgnisHonda Jazz vs Toyota YarisDaihatsu Luxio vs Suzuki APV LuxuryDaihatsu Rocky vs Toyota RaizeToyota Raize vs Toyota RushNissan Magnite vs Toyota RaizeGambar Model PopulerGambar Honda BeatGambar Honda JazzGambar Honda ScoopyGambar Honda CivicGambar Honda PCXGambar Toyota RaizeGambar Toyota CalyaGambar Toyota RushGambar Yamaha Gear 125Gambar Yamaha Aerox 155Gambar Daihatsu RockyGambar Honda Brio For the GT race car, see BMW M3 GTR GT (E46) For the standard M3 car, see BMW M3 (E46) The 2001 BMW M3 GTR (E46) is a road-legal homologation produced by BMW to allow the V8-powered race car to compete in the 2002 American Le Mans Series season. It had a limited production run of 10 units and was engineered as a near perfect replication of the racing M3 GTR. The car shares many of the weight saving aspects from the race car which it is based on. Large amounts of carbon fibre are used on the body for parts such as the roof and the rear spoiler, which also improves the car's aerodynamics in much the same manner as the race car. The road car has nearly no forms or manifestations of comfort equipment. The 4 litre V8 engine is similar to the V8 engine used in the racing car although it has been adapted and altered to meet emission standards as well as noise regulations. It features a few extra additions over the race car such as additional bonnet cooling slits, road-sport suspension, dry sump lubrication, a two-disc sport clutch, and a variable M differential. Despite BMW's efforts to produce three prototypes and three sold road models, the ALMS' rules were changed for the 2002 season to require that at least 100 units and 1,000 engines be built for a car to qualify for the season, forcing BMW to withdraw the race car from the series. Games Need for Speed: Most Wanted The BMW M3 GTR appears in the Black Edition release of Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It has a short gear ratio, giving it good acceleration to reach its top speed with ease, and also has a great handling, making it a great choice for twisty tracks. Stock The stock M3 GTR is included with the Black Edition release and is available from the beginning as a Bonus car for use in Quick Race or multiplayer. It can not be purchased in the Career mode or be selected for customisation in My Cars. Available from the beginning Need for Speed: Most Wanted (GBA) The M3 GTR appears in he Gameboy Advance release of Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It is unlocked upon beating Blacklist Racer #1 - Razor. Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 The M3 GTR (Street) appears in Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 and is unlocked upon defeating Blacklist Racer #3 - Ronald "Ronnie" McCrea. It can be purchased for $250,000. The car has a powerful acceleration but an average top speed and a handling rating lower than the vehicles of other high-ranked Blacklist racers. Need for Speed: World The BMW M3 GTR was added into the car dealership on March 5, 2010 during the first closed beta as a tier 3 vehicle. Since August 22, 2012, it has been featured as a B class vehicle. It performs well within its class due to well rounded performance traits including a powerful nitrous boost and good handling. It can master high-speed as well as low-speed corners quickly thanks to sufficient traction and a high steering precision. In terms of acceleration, it can keep up with other B Class cars, although it might be lacking to A class cars with high overall ratings. Top speed is 186 mph (300 km/h). Players may find the car to be a valuable competitor for racing. Despite its underwhelming power, the M3 GTR has better handling than most in-game cash offered cars such as the Ford GT, which has somewhat stiff handling. The Lotus Evora outperforms the M3 GTR but is also less useful in police chases because of a lighter body. Stock: 584 (B class) Maximum: 720 (A class) Silver The Silver style is a performance tuned speedboost car that costs 4000. It was made available as part of the first closed beta session. Standard 4000 Blue The Blue style is a rotationally available stock cash car that costs 1,400,000. It was released on July 27, 2010 as a replacement for the Black style, which in turn had been available in several beta test sessions prior. A Driver Level of 40 was required before a player could purchase it, but this requirement was removed on August 22, 2012. Standard 1,400,000 "World" (Rental) The "World" style is a rental car that can be leased for 300. It was made available on July 27, 2010. Rental 300 "World" (Cash) The "World" style is a previous rental only car that can be purchased for 700,000. It was made available on June 1, 2015 as part of the End of the World event. It is fitted with an aftermarket lowering kit. Rental 700,000 "Limited Edition" The "Limited Edition" style is an art director car that was never released. It is not fitted with any performance parts, but does feature several aftermarket parts and a unique "Limited Edition" livery. Art Director "Most Wanted" The "Most Wanted" style is a Need for Speed Classic car that costs 5900. It was briefly made available without notice on June 18, 2013, but was promptly removed and highlighted as a mistake on the part of Easy Studios. It later was available through a limited time offer as part of a special BMW celebration lasting from March 6, 2015 to March 9, 2015. It is fitted with unique performance parts, Skill Mods, and aftermarket parts. Art Director 5900 Trivia In Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the M3 GTR is occasionally used by the opponents. In Need for Speed: World, during early closed beta sessions, the M3 GTR with a body kit based on its racing model and had the red leather interior of the regular M3 E46. In Need for Speed: World , a free one-week M3 GTR rental code was released as part of a celebration for the official Facebook page reaching a 75,000 likes milestone. It was redeemable from December 2 to December 14, 2011. Another free 7-day rental code was released on March 7, 2012 on De Vellis' Facebook page as a celebration of achieving 7 million likes by the official Need for Speed Facebook page. 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Bring this car to your next scouting group. Fly Slot Cars have not been produced for some time and all of this inventory is “new/old” stock and comes as is. We try to offer the best price we can but that means every car purchased comes as is, we are unable to test any of the cars. If you are interested in a car that comes RTR please consider the new inventory of Carrera and Scalextric. Details: Item #88001 BMW M3 GTR Petit Le Mans ALMS 2001 1/32 Drivers Fredrik Ekblom Karl Wendlinger Fly Car Model FREE tech support 1-877-729-2099 We Also Recommend Sometimes life rains happy little flowers. Take the other day, for example. There I was, having an otherwise normal day working out of my firm’s office in lovely Columbus, Ohio, and suddenly I wasn’t. Alien abduction can be the only explanation because there can’t be any logical reason I suddenly found myself in the race shop of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in Hilliard, Ohio, standing next to one of the most iconic race cars of all time: The BMW-powered McLaren F1 the pantheon of sports cars, the Gordon Murray-designed McLaren F1 sits at the highest step of any possible pedestal; it’s so iconic, it’s virtually mythic. And the race car that was born from the road car project (and begrudgingly by Murray at that) still exists as some sort of almost unbelievable footnote, a seemingly effortless tilting of the race world’s axis that hasn’t really been replicated since. It was a car so extraordinary that it won the overall victory at Le Mans on its first try, when it did so in 1995. The BMW S70/2 V12 engine was the beating heart of the F1 GTR and was used by BMW in the F1, the V12 LM and LMR Le Mans prototypes (and rather humorously in the one-off X5 Le Mans built to celebrate BMW’s overall victory at Le Sarth in 2000). The 6-liter motor made 618-hp and 480 lb-ft of torque and redlined at 7500rpm. Ironically, Le Mans GT1 class rules limited the amount of horsepower the race motors could make, so courtesy of an air restrictor, the F1 GTR’s engine actually made slightly less power (closer to 600-hp) than the road car. This slight limitation was more than compensated by the dramatically more aggressive aero package and lower overall weight on the race car, as evidenced by it achieving mph on the Mulsanne Straight when it arrived at Le Mans in particular car, chassis #17R, was campaigned at Le Mans in 1996 by BMW Motorsports (in conjunction with their Italian partner, Bigazzi Team SRL) and finished 8th overall (and 6th in the GT1 class). Nelson Piquet, Johnny Cecotto, and Danny Sullivan shared driving duties. It’s now part of BMW North America’s BMW Classics collection and is maintained in pristine running condition by the mechanical wizards of BMW Team RLLR. And it’s most assuredly no museum queen; it last bared its teeth at this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca under the hot shoe of BMW factory driver Bill Auberlen. (To get an idea of what this beast sounds like from the cockpit, check out this clip on Axis of Oversteer.)The F1 GTR shares the iconic scissor doors and majority of internal mechanicals with the road car but in race car trim is about as raw and purposeful as you’d imagine. The F1 GTR also shares the road car’s central seating position, with two vestigial jump seats positioned on either side and slightly rearward. Getting in through the lattice of roll cage and into the central seat takes more than a few acrobatics, but once I pretzeled thusly, the fit of the cockpit and vista over the car’s snout feels perfect; the physical presence of the giant BMW V12 behind my head is palpable, and the aluminum shifter is perfectly at hand. Come on guys, let me fire this monster up! I think I may have blinded someone with my grin. And since a sister car, chassis #21, sold at a Gooding & Co. auction in 2014 for $ I was really glad I didn’t ding it getting in or all wonderful things must be, my time in the car was all too short (though I think I was a bit more graceful folding myself out). But what an amazing experience with an absolutely astounding piece of automotive and racing history. One I’ll never forget.(Extra special thanks to Steve Dickson and Brian Marks from RLLR for making the alien abduction possible.)[Source: KanonOnCars]

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