{"id":528608,"date":"2026-03-17T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528608\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:56:09","slug":"bmw-m3-wagon-race-car-its-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528608\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M3 Wagon Race Car: It’s Real"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW is building an M3 Touring race car that will race in this year\u2019s 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring.
\nThe car has the same technical specs as the BMW M4 GT3 EVO.\u00a0
\nBMW decided to build the race car after teasing it as an April Fool\u2019s joke.<\/p>\n

BMW revealed the M3 Touring GT race car last year as an April Fool\u2019s joke\u2014but now it’s a reality. The response to BMW\u2019s cheeky endeavor was so loud that the automaker decided it had to produce the thing and race it at the 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring in May. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The wagon shares the same technical bones and specs as the BMW M4 GT3 EVO<\/a>. Under the hood is BMW\u2019s turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine, capable of up to 590 horsepower. The biggest difference is the exterior: a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell that mimics the wagon. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"BMW<\/p>\n

Photo by: BMW<\/p>\n

The automaker began drafting a race version of the M3 Touring<\/a> as soon as the car debuted in 2022. Two years after that, the automaker began planning the April Fool\u2019s joke, commissioning the creation of professional renderings ahead of its April 1, 2025, reveal. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The response was so overwhelming that BMW<\/a> green-lit the previously conceived project in August and began developing it in September, and will have the car ready in just eight months. The automaker began validating the car last month before it races in the SPX class in a few months\u2014a different class than BMW\u2019s M4 GT3. After that, BMW will take the wagon on tour. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"BMW<\/p>\n

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\n Source: BMW <\/p>\n

Motor1\u2019s Take:\u00a0Peer pressure works. It\u2019s not often that an automaker actually listens to its community, but BMW did, and now we will watch a wagon race at the N\u00fcrburgring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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