BMW Turns April Fools’ Joke Into Reality: M3 Touring Race Car
The BMW M3 Touring 24H is real and it's spectacular. Based on the M4 GT3 EVO, the racing wagon will compete this year during the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
The BMW M3 Touring 24H is real and it's spectacular. Based on the M4 GT3 EVO, the racing wagon will compete this year during the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
BMW has teased what appears to be an M3 GT3 Touring for the 2026 Nürburgring 24-hour race — a racing station wagon that could become an instant cult classic on the Nordschleife.
The M3 ZA0 is still more than a year away from launch, but BMW is eager to show the electric M car at the Green Hell as a camouflaged prototype.
As the M3 turns 40, here's why no other BMW — not the Neue Klasse, not the 2002 — comes close to what this car means to the brand and its fans.
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Sport Auto's test driver Christian Gebhardt drives the BMW M3 CS Touring to a 7:28 lap of the Nordschleife.
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