Would You Rather: Own A Manual E46 M3 Cabriolet, Or An SMG-Equipped E46 M3 Coupe?

Would you pick the car with the floppier chassis and manual gearbox, or the car with the stiffer chassis and outdated single clutch SMG? Vote below!

Neil Winn

17 Mar 2016

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Comments

I’d take a cabrio smg… I know i am weird

get the manual and some chassis upgrades

A M/T Cabrio…the difference in the handling,acceleration and top speed are not big so I prefer the inline-six in a Manual mode and rev it till i brake it…plus the SMG is good for track use only so Manual all day,every day

Manual Convertible . I don’t see the convertible as a worse version of the M3 . I see it as a better version of the convertible (get the refference ?)

I’d always chose the manual! I doubt you can notice the difference in sitffness from one to another 99% of the time.

Don’t forget that the m3 csl is an SMG coupe. I’d take that one ;)

SMG coupe and do a gearbox swap

Exactly.

I would take the manual Cabriolet. Single clutch automated transmissions aren’t as good as DCTs, and they also have a tendency to eat up clutches. Plus, the ladies are impressed by guys who can handle a stick, and they love convertibles.