BMW gross sales figures are coming in from all world wide and the numbers reveal some attention-grabbing information factors. The final report comes from the UK the place Automotive Throttle studies that BMW UK offered 1,495 M3 Competitors fashions in 2023. Practically half of those models (46% extra precisely) had been M3 Tourings (690 models). The breakdown doesn’t take into consideration the M3 CS mannequin, for which BMW hasn’t revealed actual figures, nor the M4 coupe.

The M3 To Purchase

2023 was the primary full 12 months of manufacturing for the BMW M3 Touring (assessment right here) which made its world debut in Summer season of 2022 on the Goodwood Pageant of Pace. After all, the report is hardly a shock contemplating how common the first-ever BMW M3 Touring has been in Europe. Germany has additionally seen a robust demand for the M3 Touring which turned out to be a success for the M model. Final 12 months, BMW M division’s boss Frank van Meel mentioned the corporate was taken unexpectedly by the sturdy demand for the much-awaited Audi RS4 Avant rival.

Undoubtedly, the announcement opens the wound once more for American clients, given BMW’s determination to forgo your complete U.S. market. Whereas the corporate has constantly pointed to the excessive prices of homologations as the first motive, it prompts hypothesis about whether or not the demand for the M3 Touring was underestimated. Remarkably, this automotive has emerged as a stellar advertising and marketing software for the BMW M model, contemplating the model’s earlier scrutiny, particularly in gentle of merchandise just like the XM.

The Final Wagon – M3 CS Touring

What’s much more thrilling is the truth that BMW is allegedly planning an M3 CS Touring. Slated for 2025, BMW has allegedly given the go forward for a supped model of the sports activities wagon which can are available in restricted numbers subsequent 12 months. The BMW M3 CS Touring will seemingly observe the identical recipe because the G80 M3 CS and the upcoming G82 M4 CS: 543 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque from the S58 engine. After all, we’ll see the same design enhancements with carbon fiber bits on the entrance, a extra aggressive rear diffuser and a carbon fiber spoiler.

The BMW M3 Touring may be the primary and final of its variety, until BMW extends the lifetime of the Touring alongside Neue Kasse M3 merchandise. One factor is for certain although, the M3 Wagon will go down as a basic automotive within the model’s historical past and when the 25 12 months mark hits, we’ll see loads of them imported into United States. Simply 23 extra years to go….

[Source: CarThrottle]