2009 Bmw M3 Hardtop Convertible 2-door 4.0l on 2040-cars
Colonial Heights, Virginia, United States
Fuel Type:GAS
Transmission:Manual
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:4.0L 3999CC V8 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated
For Sale By:Private Seller
Sub Model: M3
Exterior Color: Red
Interior Color: Red
Number of Doors: 2
Year: 2009
Make: BMW
Options: Leather Seats, CD Player, Convertible, NAV, HIFI Sound
Model: M3
Safety Features: Driver Airbag, Passenger Airbag, Side Airbags
Trim: Base Convertible 2-Door
Power Options: Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats
Drive Type: RWD
Disability Equipped: No
Mileage: 22,000
Warranty: Vehicle has an existing warranty
ONLY 22,000 MILES! Pristine condition. Melbourne red on red. (The accident report was from road debris that damaged the exhaust system...the exhaust system was replaced with a custom exhaust...no other problems.) Must sell...new baby. Will go fast! Happy bidding!
BMW M3 for Sale
- 1999 bmw m3 base convertible 2-door 3.2l(US $12,500.00)
- 1999 bmw m3 convertible 2-door 3.2l
- 2008 bmw m3 convertible! certified! technology! premium! cold weather! 19s!(US $44,900.00)
- 2010 m3 coupe dct,tech-prem,navi,carbon roof,warranty,we finance(US $45,950.00)
- 2002 bmw m3 with smg(US $13,500.00)
- 2003 bmw m3 convertible(US $24,900.00)
Auto Services in Virginia
Unique Auto Sales ★★★★★
Tony`s Auto Body Shop ★★★★★
The Tire Shop ★★★★★
TC Mobile Detailing ★★★★★
Snow`s Auto Repair ★★★★★
Sherwood Hills Automotive ★★★★★
Auto blog
Looking back at 84 years of BMW roadsters
Tue, 01 Oct 2013Today BMW is a top player in the luxury vehicle market, but it wasn't always so. With origins as an airplane engine builder early in the 20th Century, it broke into the automotive industry when it bought Automobilwerk Eisenach in 1928. That German manufacturer was licensed to build the Austin Seven under the name Dixi DA-1, which could be had in a roadster body style. In 1929, BMW dropped the Dixi name, and by 1936, it was building a car it designed in-house, the 326 sedan. That was followed by the company's first roadster of its own design, the swoopy two-door 327 of 1937.
XCAR picks up there, and gives a history of BMW's iconic roadsters starting with the 327, ending with today's Z4, and covering everything in between - including the beautiful post-war 507 of 1957 and the funky, plastic-bodied 1989 Z1.
The video, which we've included below, is a good history lesson and a great chance to see a bunch of classic BMWs, spanning 84 years, all driven back to back within the safe confines of a racetrack. When you have a spare 20 minutes, go ahead and take some time to watch it.
Is Audi getting complacent and suffering from brain drain?
Wed, 27 Nov 2013The argument is made in a Reuters article: Audi is falling behind other luxury brands, such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, due to a lack of research-and-development spending and "brain drain," or the migration of top executives and R&D chiefs to other parts of the Volkswagen Group. Reuters notes that Audi's current R&D chief is the third in 16 months.
Audi, which contributed to 40 percent of VW Group's $11.6 billion in profit the first nine months of the year, is delivering cars at a record pace: 1.31 million were delivered from January to October 2013 versus BMW's 1.35 million. Yet Audi, Reuters reports, doesn't have a halo car akin to BMW's new electrified i3 and i8 or an answer to Mercedes' plug-in-hybrid S-Class, and the R&D spending at Audi is less than BMW and Mercedes by a fair margin. It's noted in the article, however, that Audi benefits from other R&D spending within VW Group.
Reuters mentions that BMW "trumpets its new 'i' series" and the new Mercedes CLA and GLA ranges are winning "rave reviews" as part of its argument that Audi's recent lack of technological innovation could hurt future sales. Those cars do pack tons of new technology, some of which are firsts for mainstream production cars. But last time we checked, the i3 could be causing BMW's stock to slide, the CLA isn't receiving the rave reviews that Reuters would have you believe and the GLA hasn't been reviewed yet.
Preserving automotive history costs big bucks
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
$1.8 million is spent each year to maintain GM's fleet of 600 production and concept cars.
When at least two of the Detroit Three were on the verge of death a few years back, one of the tough questions that was asked of Ford, General Motors and Chrysler execs - outside of why execs were still taking private planes to meetings - was why each company maintained huge archives of old production and concept vehicles. GM, for example, had an 1,100-vehicle collection when talk of a federal bailout began.