Featuring an 8,000-rpm redline, a perfectly balanced chassis, and a distinctive exhaust roar, the E46 M3 is often considered the ultimate M3.

But we think the M3 GTR race car of the mid-2000s might take the cake for best-sounding BMW on the planet. Unlike the E46-generation M3 street car, which used a straight-six engine, the GTR was ...

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