FIRST LOOK: BMW M3 Touring - First Ever Official M3 Estate Car | Top Gear

BMW has been building wagons since 1987, but over the last 35 years, the words ‘M3’ and ‘estate’ has always stayed very separate - until now. This is the BMW M3 Touring, which gets you access to the same 3.0-litre twin-turbo engine from the standard M3, now with added boot space for all your clobber. Performance looks promising: 4WD, 0-60mph in 3.7s (which is even faster than the M4 CSL), and a top speed of 174mph. All looks good on paper, but why have we had to wait so long for the M3 Touring, while rivals like Audi and Mercedes have been producing RS4 and C43 estates for years? We sent Top Gear Magazine’s Ollie Marriage to find out.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:37 The Dull Stuff
1:30 Looks + Driving
1:58 Why It's Taken BMW So Long
3:17 Roof
3:40 Engine + Gearbox
4:07 Performance
4:19 International Markets
4:47 Interior + Infotainment
5:19 Outro

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[willlashley]

that rear end is absolutely perfect. so aggressive yet not fugally. shame i still can’t say the same about the front, i reckon i could pass on it tho just about considering how great the rest of the car is

[bananajuice]

I would definitely choose this over the M4

[dp]

Chris Harris is a huge estate car fan.
Can't wait to see him track this one!

[jgripen]

Am I weird? With a few exceptions, I’ve always found estates (wagons) to be better looking than their coupe counterpart. The estates are just such a presence - masculine mafia-esk presence. Dream car is an RS6.

[mehdi]

The wagon looks absolutely beautiful, I do wish personally that they “fixed” the grill to make it more like the M5. Besides that though, the proportions, the flared fenders and the fact that the design is a little more understated compared with an RS6 fantastic!

[evildrizzt]

I love wagons. They’re priced ridiculously in the U.S. Saving my pennies for an RS6 Avant.

[Ssh]

The grilles actually work a lot better here than on the saloon/coupe

[unicatgming]

I’m sad this won’t be coming to the US cause this is absolutely beautiful

[matthewjswider]

I’m building an E46 wagon into an M3 right now. One piece at a time. I absolutely love the wagon, and E46 was what was around when I graduated high school. Exactly my type of car.

[TermlessHGW]

I'm a real sucker for fast, sorta under the radar practicality that an estate gives you.

[diegohuijbregtsgarcia]

Holy shit. BMW listened to it's customers, they FINALLY listened! It's gorgeous!

[MforLife]

The M3 Touring looks so fantastic! 👍 So many people have been waiting for it! It will certainly be almost sold out! 😁

[whatever_]

Now that's a really good looking BMW, it bring me back to my childhood days when bmw was my dream car brand.. Unlike recent years where the excitement to buy a bmw wasn't here anymore for me

[patrickulju]

As a station wagon (estate) fan AND an M car fan, I must state that I am blatantly jealous of y'all who do get this car. I would LOVE to have one, alas, stupid import laws prevent this American from getting one for at least 25 yrs.

[readyforwateva]

Man that M3 Touring is 🔥🔥 love the color on it

[accord_aero_r]

The new front end grew on me pretty quickly after I saw it in person a while back, so I don't think it looks bad. The wagon body style seems to help it out, too. Not that I could afford one of these, but it's a shame they won't be sold in the US to at least be able to admire in traffic.

[src]

"bikes are going to have to travel on the roof"
Or in the back, it IS a wagon after all

[DonLee]

This version of the M3, I'm willing to turn a blind eye to that front. Love it.

[src]

For some reason the front works MUCH better on this version, I'd buy one.

[chaz]

Really don’t mind the new grill. It’s unique and daring, something that other German car companies can’t do…