They’ve probably ruined our favorite performance sedan by fitting a disgusting body kit or modifying its performance to a point where it’s a drag.

It may develop a couple thousand horsepower but it has no warranty, cannot be used for more than 5 minutes and only runs on vodka and squirrel tears.

I would expect the same thing, but us judgmental fools have been set straight by the small German tuner who’ve turned up with an easily digestible makeover.

They’ve fitted the F10 M5 with their own new exhaust system, a borrowed muffler, borrowed carbon fiber air intakes and remapped the ECU.

And the exterior? Well PP Performance didn’t bother with it, they don’t plan to mess about with perfection. That’s just as well since M Division discrete appearance is still there.

Also, the M Division Performance is still there, with quite the bonus. All those aditions have bumped the 4.4 liter V8 Twin-Turbo to 640 horsepower and 608 lb-ft of torque.

Love this one. It’s not the sort of tuner car that is created to bring joy, controversy or discussion points to those around.

This one was created to bring joy to the driver. Isn’t that what BMW, particularly M Division products, are supposed to be all about?

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The BMW M3, in this E92 form, is one of the aging rock stars of the day so it feels like it’s aging. The only trouble really comes in with the 1 M.

Since the M3 was getting a little old, they had to make the 1M a little slower in order to keep the product lineup “logical”.

Some added performance in the BMW M3 really wouldn’t hurt it. And there’s another thing the hottest 3 Series could get along with.

Getting some extra engagement is a little tricky, particularly in the loud pedal reactions to prodding. No real complaints are made about the performance of the M3.

That said, it wouldn’t bother anybody to get a little bit more power and, more importantly a lot more noise.

There’s only one tuning upgrade that could genuinely satisfy both these aspects, the exhaust system. This is where Akrapovic come in with this video.

Just take a good listen of the sort of rumble coming out of that thing there and realize that spending the extra money is well worth it.

On the performance front, the new Akrapovic exhaust provides an extra 22 hp and 26 lb-ft of torque and, since it’s made out of titanium it drops 53 lbs from the final weight as well.

I’m not a fan of exhausts modded just for the sake of noise but when it works all these fronts not even I can say no.

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