The S54 M Coupe.  The rarest car BMW has produced in decades.  What makes this car special you ask?  Its also the fastest car BMW has ever produced.  Its been called names, and it seems to be  the black sheep of the BMW family.  It never received a marketing push from BMW, it was relegated to sell itself on its own merrits.  Of the 3000+ M coupes that were produced from 1998-2002, only the last handful were produced with the S54 Engine from the E46 M3.  In this much smaller and more agile car, we find it is a brutal combination. 

The M coupe was designed by a team of engineers in the basement of some hall somewhere in Germany.  Its one purpose was to be the track.  The design was by engineers, and is free from the quirky and awkward styling of the current range of Bimmers.  Form follows function on the M coupe, and because of this its design is at best polarizing among those who actually know what it is.

Total Production: Less than 680 Coupes.

315 HP (US) S54B32 Engine; 8200 RPM Redline, 6 throttle bodies, Drive by wire.

0-60 is somewhere between 4.2 and 4.7 depending on your magazine of choice.

1/4 Mile:  12.5 -12.9 depending on when and where it was run.

Mods:

Engine: Sport Mode, Supersprint Magnum 90mm Quad Exhast

Drivetrain: E46 M3 Clutch/Flywheel, M3 EVO 6 Speed Transmission, Rogue Tranny Mounts, Custom Rogue Shifter and linkages, Custom Driveshaft balanced to 10,000 RPM, 3.73 differential custom rebuild with 3.73 lockup, royal purple driveline  fluids.

Suspension: IE Bushings, GC Coilovers, Urethane sway bar bushings

Audio: HK TrafficPro V 2.0, a/d/s 246is fronts, a/d/s 245im rears, a/d/s 10" subs (2), JL 6W0 sub w/JL e1200 amp, JL 300/4, JL 500/1, custom MP3 USB adapter, bluetooth phone adapter, custom sub switch, Monster wiring, custom sub box in development.

Lighting: Custom Hella Projector Headlights, DDE Halos, 6000K HID lowbeams.  Front and rear fogs in development.

Brakes:  Drilled Rotors, Axxis Ultimate Pads, ATE Type 2000 Brake Fluid, Stainless Lines (TBI)

If you would like more information about anything, please feel free to contact me at b@bmwmpire.com.

I will be launching an S54 Coupe registry on www.s54b32.com to keep track of all of the 680 S54 M Coupes.

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