In Sunday Times Motoring 23 October 1988 I thought it would be good to show that a BMW M3 was nearer something you could buy. The one with which Frank Sytner finished seventh in the final round of the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship was a bit closer to “production”.
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The notion that hand-made cars were superior died hard. Maybe it’s still true of shirts or suits, but by and large cars made by machines are better than any cobbled up on engineers’ lasts. Components used to be hand-crafted to fit but precise modern tooling makes things more reliable, more repeatable and refined. In 1989 I was underwhelmed by a Maserati 222E and Motor1.com agrees. Anthony Karr thinks the much-hyped Biturbo ruined the Italian maker’s reputation..
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