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- South African racing driver Jordan Pepper piloted the BMW M3 Touring 24H to a 46.54 lap.
- It was solely 0.24 seconds slower than the automotive that completed in third place.
- The M3 Touring 24H is a one-off and is not owned by BMW anymore.
It’s not day by day that we see a wagon remodeled right into a race automotive sort out the well-known Goodwood hill climb. The BMW M3 Touring 24H is in contrast to another long-roof mannequin Munich has ever constructed. It has been remodeled right into a full-fledged monitor machine and has proved its price by ending fourth on the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race.
The one-off G81, constructed completely for the monitor, additionally impressed final weekend by setting the fifth-fastest time through the timed shootout on the 2026 Goodwood Pageant of Velocity. South African racing driver Jordan Pepper piloted the M3 Touring 24H to a 46.54-second run, narrowly lacking third place, which Alex Summers claimed within the Shadow-Chevrolet DN4.
Nonetheless, fifth place in a wagon is nothing to sneeze at. The sound you’re listening to doesn’t come from the street automotive’s S58 engine however from the motorsport-spec P58. It produces practically 600 hp and 516 lb-ft (700 Nm) of torque, despatched completely to the rear wheels. Sure, the M3 Touring 24H ditches the common mannequin’s xDrive setup. One other main change is the change to a six-speed sequential transaxle gearbox.
BMW Has Bought The M3 Touring 24H
Headed to Rainer Bonnetsmüller’s personal assortment, the distinctive M3 wagon race automotive took simply eight weeks to construct following a improvement part of solely eight months. Initially, BMW hadn’t deliberate to construct it. As you might bear in mind, it started merely as an April Fools’ prank in 2025.
It’s unclear how a lot Rainer Bonnetsmüller paid for it, nevertheless it nearly actually value way over an M3 CS Touring, which retailed for €152,900 in Germany. For reference, the M3 Touring 24H is mechanically associated to the €219,900 M4 GT4 EVO and the €578,000 M4 GT3 EVO. It has extra in widespread with the latter, so its price ticket should have been astronomical given its one-of-a-kind standing.
Though the automotive now not belongs to BMW, the excellent news is we haven’t seen the final of it. Its subsequent confirmed public appearances are scheduled for the MotoGP race weekend in Spielberg, Austria, and the Tutto Bene Hill Climb in Italy, each in September.
BMW has possible extracted all the pieces it may from the G81 platform with the street-legal M3 CS Touring. Logic tells us it’s unlikely to construct something as radical as this race automotive with a license plate. The high-performance wagon story may proceed with the next-generation 3 Collection Touring, the G51. Though BMW M hasn’t made any commitments, one other M3 wagon stays a chance. Higher but, it may even make its option to the US for the primary time.
Within the meantime, BMW M is engaged on giving the bigger M5 Touring a Neue Klasse-inspired makeover for its facelift, due subsequent yr.
