BMW M3 Touring Teaser Video Shows Suspension Tweaks At The Nurburgring

The multi-year teaser campaign for the BMW M3 Touring is almost over. In a new video, the brand places the camera inside the train with the test driver. He recounts his experience from corner to corner of taking the car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

As the video begins, the engineer responsible for the driving dynamics of the M3 Touring explains to the test driver the latest changes to the model’s settings. Compared to the previous songs, this one has stiffer springs at the rear and revised dampers. This is expected to reduce understeer from the previous evaluation.

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The test driver seemed very happy with the handling of the M3 Touring. He mentioned at one point hardening the dampers to control body roll.

At the end of the video, Jörg Weidinger takes the helm. He was a racer and was responsible for the dynamic integration and application of the M model race track. They are now moving on to finetuning the setup.

According to recent rumors, the M3 Touring will debut in June. This is according to BMW’s leak during the launch of the new M car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​which runs from Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26.

“I’m really looking forward to unveiling a certain vehicle to the global public for the first time – the vehicle we’ve been waiting for a long time,” said BMW M division CEO Frank van Meel in a Goodwood teaser.

All signs suggest that the M3 Touring shares the same 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-six engine as the sedan. That produces 503 horsepower (375 kilowatts) and 479 pound-feet (650 Newton-meters) of torque. An eight-speed automatic transmission will send power to the all-wheel-drive system. There is no indication that a rear-drive setup and manual gearbox will be available for the wagon.

For those in the United States looking forward to the fast train, there is bad news. BMW USA confirmed there are no plans to offer the M3 Touring in the country. The company said it had investigated the possibility and decided homologation was a “high cost” because of the cost of crash testing.