This rumor will not apply to us within the U.S. even when it is true, however we’ll take pleasure in peering over the ocean (once more) at what Europeans get to drive. BMW Weblog heard BMW’s honchos gave the official “Ja!” to an M3 CS Touring that might debut subsequent summer season. A possible little bit of supporting proof can be that lengthy earlier than report on the rumor, Motor Authority printed a set of spy pictures displaying an M3 Touring Competitors on observe, the wagon sporting a camouflaged entrance lip that is a ringer for the carbon splitter fitted to the M3 CS sedan. That was the one change, the prototype not displaying the opposite CS tells like totally different grille mesh and yellow DRLs as a substitute of white.
BMW Weblog suspects that if the wicked-up wagon materializes, it will likely be a restricted manufacturing providing like each different CS, the outlet suggesting not more than 2,000 items on the market. Each would observe different elements of the CS recipe, like supplemental increase from the twin-turbos feeding the three.0-liter inline-six that push output to 543 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque, up from 503 hp and 479 lb-ft in the usual Competitors. Some further carbon fiber bits, extra structural bracing, gentle weight financial savings of round 75 kilos ought to make cameos, too, and maybe a particular launch colour.
Countering the percentages of this, the extremely educated insider generally known as yunguldyn on the Bimmerpost boards writes of the M3 Touring, “There will likely be a single mannequin: Comp xDrive.” Additionally crimping the percentages, BMW M3 Touring is already flat-out and there is a stacked docket for subsequent yr earlier than the rumored entry — not that the group shopping for such automobiles will protest about ready for one more exceptionally unique unicorn.
What we do learn about M in 2024 is that there will likely be loads of the previous within the latter. A minimum of seven new or up to date M fashions are coming subsequent yr, together with a extra highly effective M2 that will not be known as “Competitors,” mid-cycle refreshes for the M3, M3 Touring, and M4, an M4 CS, and the brand new M5 and M5 Touring. What M automobiles will not do subsequent yr is get BMW’s newest iDrive 8.5 and iDrive 9 for some cause, a product planner telling BMW Weblog there is not any plan to roll out the brand new infotainment to the tuned automobiles nor the two Collection, 3 Collection, or 4 Collection. BMW accountants are probably all smiles anyway, the manufacturing engineers are probably not getting as a lot sleep as they’d choose.
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