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Originally Posted by W///
I don't necessarily disagree with you here, but IMHO, the US E36 M3 still holds its own. I also have an S54 powered car in the garage, and I agree the US S52 doesn't provide the same high revving experience, but it's still a wonderful engine. And it's a fraction of the price to maintain that engine than than the S54 or S65.
I also view it this way. The E39 M5 is considered the best M5 ever made, but that car also had a redline of 7k-ish RPM and a steering box, which on paper is kind of lazy next to the S54 and the S85 that came after it. Still a good car though (although not my favorite).
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It is funny how much shit people give the S52, but not the S62. S62 has the same redline, similar hp/l-- it's every bit as half assed as the S52, yet because there was no euro high revving S60B50, everyone is fine with it.
... I actually enjoyed my S52 e36 M3 more than my S50B32 e36 M3. To me, the great thing about the e36 M3 is how much fun you can have at relatively low speeds (could actually drive it hard on the streets), and the S52 was an important part of that.