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Originally Posted by Luftwaffe1O1
Hehe I didn't mean to start the damn s52 vs s54 debate, but I will say, the S54 roadies and coupes were kinda gimped by the diff and 5 speed. If you felt like blowing a bit of extra $$ on the S54 roadie and going with the e46 6 speed + a 3.64 diff, it is supposed to make the car a whole different monster.
Overall performance is not that different, and I was always a big fan of the S52 (having owned an e36 M3 back in the day), but there is also something I love about the S54 motors, their mechanical sound etc. The next car I get will be an M coupe, s52 or 54, I would almost prefer a salvaged s54 coupe so I don't have to worry about beating on a car that valuable lol.
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My brother in law had an S52 M coupe and now an S54 Z4M coupe. He likes the straight line speed of the MZ4 but liked the handling on the M coupe more. He feels the MZ4 traction control is too conservative and leaving it off resulted in a $14k crash.