BMW M3 F80

The F80 is the BMW M3 generation our specification records cover for US model years 2015–2018. Across that run EPA certified 9 versions of it for sale in America, under 2 trim names. It was sold as a sedan.

Dimensions are the figures the panel above does not carry. The F80 measures 183.9 in · 4,671 mm long, sits on a wheelbase of 110.6 in · 2,809 mm and weighs 3,516 lb · 1,595 kg to 3,541 lb · 1,606 kg. Length and wheelbase come from Transport Canada, which measures every vehicle sold in North America; curb weight from the same source.

Set against the E90 that preceded it, the F80 is 3.6 inches longer at the shortest version and 124 lb · 56 kg lighter at the lightest. Both figures are taken from the lightest and shortest version we hold for each, so they compare like with like rather than setting a base car against a loaded one.

Every version we hold under this code is rear-wheel drive. That matters on the used market more than it looks: which axles are driven changes the weight, the service list and the price, and the badge does not always say which you are looking at.

This archive holds 3 original US brochures covering the F80, with the text of each one searchable. They are the source of the figures no government record collects — torque, acceleration and the equipment lists — and they are what BMW told American buyers at the time rather than what is said about the car now.

Gaps are left as gaps. We do not hold curb weight for 1 of the 9 and horsepower for 1, because Transport Canada does not publish a weight for every model and EPA began recording certified output usefully only in the late 1990s. A dash on this site means the figure is not in a source we can name, never that it is roughly the same as the row above.