BMW’s performance division have unveiled a more powerful version of the M3 Touring called the CS.
As the name suggests, the M3 CS Touring is a long-roofed version of the exclusive M3 CS sedan BMW unveiled at the Daytona 500 in 2023. The performance four-door wears a body kit that gives its already sculpted shape even more edge. The kit includes several carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic elements, including on the hood, front splitter, mirror housings, and rear diffuser (the material is also used throughout the otherwise unchanged interior cabin).
The M3 CS Touring is also separated from lesser M3 Tourings by its yellow LED headlight units, a reference to BMW’s GT race cars.
BMW M3 CS Touring Color Options
Four colors are available for the CS: British Racing Green, Laguna Seca Blue, Frozen Solid White, and Sapphire Black metallic.
The model-specific performance characteristics of the engine and power transfer via the eight-speed M Steptronic transmission and M xDrive all-wheel-drive system serve up dynamic thrills and supreme traction. The BMW M3 CS Touring races from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.5 seconds.
The world premiere of the first-ever BMW M3 CS Touring will be hosted by the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, in the Australian state of New South Wales. The BMW M3 CS Touring will be revealed to the public for the first time on 30 January 2025 as part of the Bathurst 12 Hour race programme. Deliveries of the limited-run model to customers in Europe, Australia, Japan and South Korea, among others, will begin in March 2025. The car’s home market of Germany is by a distance its most important sales region. The special edition will be produced alongside all other variants of the BMW M3 Sedan and BMW M3 Touring at BMW Group Plant Munich.
BMW M3 CS Touring Six-cylinder in-line engine adapts racing-car technology.
The 3.0-litre six-cylinder in-line engine in the BMW M3 CS Touring was designed from the outset to deliver high performance on the race track – and it features a multitude of technological details from racing-car design. These include an extremely rigid crankcase with a sleeve-free, closed-deck construction, a forged lightweight crankshaft and a cylinder head with a 3D-printed core. The likewise weight-saving cylinder bores have a wire-arc sprayed iron coating to reduce frictional losses. The cooling system and oil supply are also designed to handle the sustained heavy loads generated during hard driving on a track.
The drive unit combines the high-revving characteristics for which M is renowned and linear power delivery into the upper reaches of the engine’s range with upgraded M TwinTurbo technology. Raising the maximum charge pressure of the two mono-scroll turbochargers to 2.1 bar and making model-specific tweaks to the engine management enable the maximum output of the BMW M3 Competition Touring with M xDrive to be increased by another 15 kW/20 hp to 405 kW/550 hp. The engine develops its peak torque of 650 Nm (479 lb-ft) between just 2,750 and 5,950 rpm, produces its maximum output at 6,250 rpm and tops out at 7,200 rpm.
In addition, a specially designed engine mounting with increased spring rates creates an extremely rigid connection between the power unit and the vehicle’s structure. This leads to even sharper engine response and extremely direct transmission of its power to the drivetrain.
Its instantaneous power delivery means the BMW M3 CS Touring can power from rest to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.5 seconds, and 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) is over in 11.7 seconds. The figures recorded using the “one-foot rollout” method* are 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.2 seconds and 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) in 11.4 seconds. The mid-range sprint from 80 to 120 km/h (50 – 75 mph) takes 2.7 seconds in 4th gear and 3.5 seconds in 5th gear. The top speed of the special-edition model – which comes as standard with the M Driver’s Package – is electronically limited to 300 km/h (186 mph).
BMW M3 CS Touring India launch?
BMW launched the M4 CS in India in October, while the German Automaker is not likely to bring the M3 CS Touring to India due to the unpopularity of the estate body style in India.
The deliveries for markets such as South Korea, Europe, Japan, and Australia will begin in March 2025. Notably, the M3 CS Touring car will not go on sale in the U.S. market.
Moreover, just like the BMW M3 CS which was limited to just 1,700 units, we believe that the M3 CS will also be sold in limited numbers only.
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