Our fans asked for it, and we delivered. An overwhelmingly successful April Fools’ joke from 2025 is becoming reality at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring 2026 (GER) – the racing version of the BMW M3 Touring. On 16th/17th May, the BMW M3 Touring 24H will compete as a spectacular highlight for spectators in the “Green Hell.” The car will make its racing debut next weekend at the second round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS). All technical data on the BMW M3 Touring 24H as well as detailed information on the modifications can be found in our Media Guide.
Shortly after the market launch of the BMW M3 Touring road car in 2022, BMW M Motorsport began considering the idea of building a racing version as well. However, it took a special key moment to turn the idea of parallel engineers into a concrete plan – and that moment was, of all things, an April Fools’ joke. On 1st April 2025, BMW M Motorsport posted images on its social media platforms of a supposedly in-development BMW M3 Touring GT race car. The response from fans and the media to this post was overwhelming. It reached more than one million users and generated over 1.6 million views. Engagement on the posts was also many times higher than the usual figures for BMW M Motorsport’s social media channels.
