BMW M3 Touring: this is it!

Since the introduction of the first BMW M3 in 1986, there have been numerous versions of the sporty 3 Series. The M3 was delivered over the years as a sedan, as a coupé and as a convertible and also received extra potent versions listening to names such as CSL and GTS. BMW never delivered the M3 as a Touring, which confirms how BMW and its native rivals Mercedes-Benz and Audi each follow their own path in the field of sporty top versions of their mid-range cars. Mercedes-Benz supplies the AMG versions of the C-class both as a sedan and as an Estate, while Audi has only been supplying the RS4 as an Avant for years now. BMW is changing its strategy and coming up with an M3 Touring, the brand confirmed in 2020. Anno 2022, that sporty station wagon is still not there, but luckily AutoWeek can already access it from all angles from the database of the World Intellectual Property. Show off office sourced patent image.

Admittedly, the appearance of the M3 Touring is hardly surprising. The M3 Touring gets the same front and the same wide hips as the M3 in sedan form. The well-known M3 recipe is also present at the rear. We see a large rear bumper with, of course, a diffuser that serves as a home base for four fierce bang pipes. BMW’s überstation gets the same 3.0 six-in-line as the well-known M3 and M4. That means: at least 480 hp and 550 Nm on the rear wheels. Don’t be surprised if the M3 Touring also gets a Competition variant that kicks it up to 510 hp and 650 Nm. More than 500 hp of M-power can be unleashed on the rear wheels or via xDrive drive on all four wheels. In the M3’s Competition you get an eight-speed automatic transmission, in the ‘regular’ variant you have the pleasure of switching yourself.

The M3 Touring will not be BMW’s very first M-station. For example, there were also M5 Tourings of two generations of the 5-series (E34 and E60). In 2000, BMW showed the M3 Touring Concept, a study model that never led to a production version. 22 years later, that is finally changing.

BMW M3 Touring Concept (2000)