Dinan is known to produce cars that go above and beyond the normal range of performance. Their latest production is the M3 that they equipped with a V8 derived 5 liter V10 engine that can also be found in the M5 and M6 and has won a few awards.
The eight replaced the inline-six on the previous model, but instead of remaining content to say “good job on the extra two cylinders”, Dinan asks what happened to the extra two from the V10. Not that they would have been happy with the V10, either. On that, Dinan pushed and pushed, boring and stroking out the engine’s ten cylinders until they got it up to 5.7 liters and 628 horsepower. Pretty sick, but saddled with the heft of a BMW 5 or 6.
It is true that the M6 has power added to it - but when it comes down to it we could all use more power. BMW knows this and that is why they will be adding on more power to their M division with the new Competition Package.
We are happy to hear BMW will be re-introducing the M3 CSL. It will be the first one we have seen since 2004. The new CSL will be a high performance and lightweight car that will be able to save 100 kilograms over the stock M3. This is possible with the use of carbon fiber and carbon fiber reinforced plastic.