<Li> Ezra Dyer of Automobile magazine once suggested that "...car magazines generally regard the M3 the same way a four - year - old regards Santa Claus ." </Li> <Li> Jeremy Clarkson of BBC television show Top Gear says: "This (The M3) is the best car, and always will be, and there's no point in ever thinking otherwise ." </Li> <Li> Mark Magrath of Edmunds Inside Line wrote these comments after driving a 2009 E90 M3 saloon in the canyons of Southern California: "This is the best most complete car in the world . It's actually a bargain for what you get . Wow ." </Li> <Li> In the high - performance sports luxury niche (an entry - level luxury / small family car with a V8 engine), the E90 M3 (usually an E92 M3 Coupé being tested) has won comparison tests against rivals such as the Mercedes - Benz C63 AMG, Lexus IS - F, Audi RS4, Audi RS5 and Cadillac CTS - V. (1) </Li>

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