US EditionBMW Pitched This M3 Touring GT3 Car as a Joke. Now It's Going Racing
BMW built the M3 Touring 24H after an April Fools' joke gained over 1.6 million views, entering the experimental SPX class with a 590-horsepower engine for the Nürburgring 24H race.
- Debuting at the Nürburgring this weekend, the BMW M3 Touring 24H will make its on‑track debut after being developed as a joke last year, BMW says.
- BMW M Motorsport's April Fools' post on April 1st, 2025 reached more than 1.6 million views, prompting BMW engineers later that year to build a real Touring race car.
- BMW engineers wrapped an M4 GT3 Evo in a five‑door Touring body, using its 590‑ish‑horsepower twin‑turbo 3.0‑liter inline‑6 and 6‑speed Xtrac sequential gearbox, making it 200 mm longer.
- Because the Touring isn't homologated as a GT3 longroof, it will race in the experimental SPX class but remains technically eligible for overall victory with drivers Jens Klingmann, Ugo de Wilde, Connor De Phillippi, and Neil Verhagen.
- Prepared to the same standards as its three BMW M4 GT3s, the Touring is a factory project with two additional M4 GT3 Evos from Rowe Racing and Schubert Motorsport returning since 2022, showcasing multiple liveries including the 'You dreamed it' livery.
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On April 1, 2025 BMW published on its networks a supposed family racing that, in theory, did not go beyond a joke. What seemed like a wink for the April Fool’s has ended up becoming a real car that will run the 24 Hours of Nürburgring 2026, and that turn explains almost everything: the BMW M3 Touring 24H is a meme that has ended up on the grill.
The BMW M3 Touring 24H is a tough and very spectacular sports station wagon born for racing.
BMW first offered the racing version of the M3 Touring wagon as an April Fool's joke, but it will soon become a reality at the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring.
BMW Listens to Its Fans and Turns a Prank Into a Real Race Car, the M3 Touring 24H
BMW set social media alight on April Fools Day 2025 with a bombshell that turned out to be anything but a joke. An M3 station wagon transformed into a full blown race car, complete with massive tires and an imposing rear wing, spread across the internet faster than anyone anticipated, racking up over a million [...]
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