BMW M3 Touring Wagon Based On E46 Explained

The BMW M3 Touring prototype likewise materialised because a production model was under consideration. The M3 was made available to journalists for testing in order to both project an image and sound out customer interest.

But the M3 Touring served entirely in-house purposes. “This prototype allowed us to show that, from a purely technical standpoint at least, it was possible to integrate an M3 Touring into the ongoing production of the standard BMW 3 Series Touring with very little difficulty,” explains Jakob Polschak.

“One important thing we needed to demonstrate was that the rear doors of the standard production model could be reworked to adapt them to the rear wheel arches, without the need for new and expensive tools.” Once it had passed through the assembly line, the M3 Touring required only minimal manual follow-up work to fit the M-specific add-on parts and interior details.

[MrCwalker]

I'm actually offended they didn't put this into production to be honest

[bmwalpina]

That car could have been a competitor for C32 AMG. A big mistake in my opinion that car wasn't prouced... If you want to buy powerful 3-Series touring you have to buy Alpina ;-D

[imihussain]

This would never have sold at the time...we moan now.

[YouThana]

Big mistake BMW. This is cruelty. They have all the right parts in the box but they refuse to deliver. Mercedes an Audi have happy C63 and RS4 customers these days and BMW is still stuck. Yet they build butt ugly M SUVs - which is ridiculous considering what ///M stands for.

[siemprebmw]

what a disaster to not ever make this for bmw . i hate to be that person to shut the production . one of the biggest mistake .

[forzagamer]

I know someone making one check him out Calvin car diary