Electric BMW M3 Racks Up 5,000 Miles Of Nürburgring Testing
Just like every other M car, the fully electric BMW M3 (ZA0) has to undergo 8,000 kilometers of prototype testing at the Green Hell.
Just like every other M car, the fully electric BMW M3 (ZA0) has to undergo 8,000 kilometers of prototype testing at the Green Hell.
The twin-turbo V8 engine has a meaner soundtrack than we remember it, but the biggest change will be the design, especially inside.
A new spy video highlights the M3 ZA0 on the same day as BMW confirms the model's launch next year.
The Nürburgring 24h Qualifiers were marked by tragedy after Finnish BMW privateer Juha Miettinen lost his life following a serious accident on Saturday.
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The spy video raises more questions than answers because other prototypes of the BMW M5 had a different front design.
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.
Sport Auto's test driver Christian Gebhardt drives the BMW M3 CS Touring to a 7:28 lap of the Nordschleife.
Codenamed ZA0, the first-ever electric car from BMW M is inching closer. Catch the electric M3 sedan in a spy video from the Nurburgring.
From the M2 Track Package to the next-generation X5, BMW is keeping busy at the Green Hell. The electric i3 sedan was also caught on camera.
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X laps the Nürburgring in 6:49, outpacing BMW’s M4 CSL by 29 seconds. Here’s how power, weight, and intent separate them.
The new BMW M3 CS Touring shatters the Nürburgring lap record for wagons with a blistering 7:29.49 time. Watch the full onboard video here.