{"id":749629,"date":"2026-06-20T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/749629\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:28:10","slug":"lego-celebrates-bmw-m3s-40th-anniversary-with-new-speed-champions-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/749629\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego celebrates BMW M3’s 40th anniversary with new Speed Champions set"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most iconic automotive nameplates in history has received a fitting birthday present, with the BMW M3 E30 joining the Lego Speed Champions lineup to mark four decades since it launched.<\/p>\n

The 358-piece kit captures the E30’s most recognisable design cues \u2013 thanks to the sharp-edged nature of the bricks \u2013 including the kidney grille, rear spoiler, and the distinctive four round headlights that defined the original M3’s nose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wearing a livery that draws on BMW M Motorsport heritage, the paint scheme has also been applied to a real, full-size M3 E30 showcar \u2014 meaning the plastic brick replica and the actual vehicle will share an identical look when the set is released on August 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The full-size BMW M3 and its Lego counterpart<\/p>\n

At 17cm long and 7cm wide, it comes with functional wheels and a driver minifigure wearing a BMW M T-shirt \u2013 the latter of which can be bought from BMW\u2019s merchandise shop.<\/p>\n

Australian pricing starts from $39.99, roughly on par with the vast majority of Lego Speed Champions kits.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a big year for Lego\u2019s automotive department, which also launched a Speed Champions kit of Ken Block\u2019s Hoonicorn Ford Mustang<\/a>, as well as Michael Schumacher\u2019s Ferrari F2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most iconic automotive nameplates in history has received a fitting birthday present, with the BMW…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-749629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}