Forged lightweight wheels are fitted as standard and staggered, with 19-inch rims up front and 20-inch on the rear. They’re wrapped in track-focused tyres like Michelin’s Pilot Sport Cup 2 as standard, though customers can opt for more street-oriented rubber at no extra cost. Alternatively, stickier rubber is optionally available, along with carbon ceramic brakes.
The standard M3 Touring’s kerb weight has been cut by 15kg, thanks to the bonnet, front splitter, front air intakes, rear diffuser and side mirror caps being made from carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic. So are the centre console, dashboard trim and shift paddles, while the final weight saving measure is a set of deep M Carbon bucket seats.
Styling changes match those on other CS models. Up front is a new splitter with extra aero fins, stripped-back kidney grille pattern with an eye-catching red border, and distinctive yellow daytime running lights. There’s plenty of exposed carbon fibre dotted around, while tweaks to the rear are limited to matte black quad-exhaust tips and more red accents on the roof spoiler.
Inside, there’s an Alcantara steering wheel with red 12 o’clock marker and dedicated buttons to activate personalised drive modes, a 14.9-inch touchscreen, head-up display and a 12.3-inch driver’s display with shift lights along the top. Plus track-focused features like a lap-timer and drift optimiser.
But of course, one reason you’d buy the M3 CS Touring over anything from the hyper-SUV armada is the 500 litres of boot space on offer, which is more than you get in the Ferrari Purosangue. Luggage capacity grows to 1,510 litres when the rear seats are folded down.
The BMW M3 CS Touring will be produced in a limited run, each costing from £120,600 – nearly £33,000 more than the regular M3 Touring. That’s not surprising though, as the M3 CS saloon and M4 CS command identical premiums over their standard counterparts. The first examples will arrive with customers in March.
Buyers have four paint colours to choose from – Black Sapphire, British Racing Green, Laguna Seca Blue and Frozen Solid White – and the option of gold bronze or black finish for the wheels.
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