the BMW SMG box was universally bagged by all the motor critics, so thats the only thing that would prevent me from chosing the M3 - change the survey to manual and its an easy winner.

The only disadvantage of the M3 is the age and lack of warranty, I would expect you to be budgeting a lot of money for repairs over the next 3 yeras that would would otherwiese be (not broken or) covered under the R's warranty.

did that M3 come with the variable vanos(?) ive heard many a story about them failing and needing repairs