diferenta m3 e36 US - EU spec Options

[n3o]

Care este diferenta intre cele doua versiuni , am observat diferenta cilindreei dar si motorul arata altfel , diferentele sunt doar la motor sau mai sunt si altele referitor la interior suspensii sau mai stiu eu ce , ahh si de ce nu s-a facut nici o sectiune motorsport pe forum :paranoid:

[Gabi_323i]

S50us B30 in the 3.0 Liter US M3 (built from 1995 to 1996)
S50us B32 in the 3.2 Liter US M3 (built from 1996 to )

The S50us B30 and S50us B32 both develop 240 hp at 6000 rpm and
236 lb-ft/min.

S50 B30 in the 3.0 Liter Euro M3 (built from 1993 to 1995)
S50 B32 in the 3.2 Liter Euro M3 (built from 1995 to )

The S50 B30 develops 286 hp at 7000 rpm with 320 NM, the S50 B32 develops 321 hp at 7400 rpm and with 350 NM.

The US M3 engine is - from a constructors viewpoint - a tuned standard 3-series 6-cylinder motor: The S50us engine is a bored and stroked M50/M52 engine which was/is used in the 325i(s)/328i(s).

Most likely reason for the "De-Tuning" is the fact that the Euro M3 might be too expensive for the US market (in BMW's opinion) and would never have reached the successful sales numbers of the US M3. And offering the Euro M3 as a special edition for those who can afford it was obviously not an option for the following reasons: 1. Adapting it to the US emission regulations and having it certificated for the US market would have been too expensive for BMW, related to the small number of cars that would have been sold with the financially much more attractive S50us-powered M3 aside and 2. the US M3 would have lost some great amount of prestige (Keep in mind, that many US M3 buyers find out about the Euro M3 actually AFTER they purchased what they thought was the "original" one...). So, although the US M3 unfortunately is not a 100 percent "genuine" M-car, it still remains being a hell of a machine :-)