It doesn't even seem to have passed five minutes after our test at the BMW M4 Competition and we are already in a position to bring you the spy photos, exclusively nationally, of the future variants of the M3 and M4, namely the unprecedented M3 Touring and the more predictable M4 Cabrio .
Starting with the most anticipated M3 Touring , this was caught “playing” in the snow in her winter tests. We still have to wait a little longer for it, as it will only happen during the next year, 2022.
It will be the first time that we will have a five-door M3 in the form of a much more practical van — finally, a rival to the M for the very successful Audi RS 4 Avant and Mercedes-AMG C 63 Station.
It has been perhaps the most requested variant of BMW M managers over several generations of their sports car, but the closest we've come to getting an M3 truck so far has been just a working prototype.
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No mechanical differences are to be expected for the M3 sedan and M4 Coupé. It will share with them not only the twin-turbo, 3.0 l in-line six-cylinder engine, but also the automatic transmission and, most likely, the future all-wheel drive. It remains to be seen if, like the M3 and M4 we already know, it will also have a “base” version of 480 hp and manual gearbox — hopefully so…
BMW M4 Convertible
If the M3 Touring is an unprecedented development in the history of these German sports cars, the M4 Convertible it was much more predictable that it would happen. And as the spy photos taken in an urban environment show — where the camouflage covers only a small part of the bodywork — it seems to be ready to be revealed in its entirety. As mentioned for the M3 Touring, you should share everything with the “brothers” M3 sedan and M4 Coupé.
Its launch will take place later this year, with recent information advancing that production will start next July, so it is expected that its commercialization can start by the end of the summer.
By dispensing with the metal roof of its predecessor — as we saw in the new 4 Series Convertible — it is to be expected that the difference in weight for the M4 Coupé will be substantially reduced compared to the approximately 250 kg that the previous generation registered. Which will be good news, considering that the new M3 and M4 “got fat” a lot compared to their predecessors.