BMW M3 (E46)

Times were different. More analogue, although the dot com bubble was in full effect. Then, one day, when you turned on the TV, a yellow BMW roared by on the screen with its inline-six screaming and you were hooked! You sought out a car magazine and read all about it, then excitedly waited to see the first one in person. Once you did, it was love at first sight. Then the love grew through video games starring this car (or its derivatives, like the GTR), your favourite actors drove it in movies – and in real life. Yes, that’s the story of the E46 M3, perhaps the last truly analogue M3. What a moniker it wears – but it is a moniker this car has certainly helped ascertain.