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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.
Inspired by this success, the previously conceived plans to realise a racing version of the BMW M3 Touring became concrete in the summer of 2025. Within just eight months, the engineers at BMW M Motorsport built the BMW M3 Touring 24H.
It shares the same technical base as the BMW M4 GT3 EVO, but is derived from the basic body of the BMW M3 Touring. The BMW M3 Touring 24H is 200 millimetres longer and, including the rear wing, 32 millimetres higher than the BMW M4 GT3 EVO. The technical data of both race cars are identical.
Although sharing many characteristics with the M4 GT3 Evo, the car was not homologated as such and entered the race in the SPX category. Fielded by Schubert Motorsport at the ADAC RAVENOL 24 Hours Nürburgring 2026, and driven by four BMW M works drivers ( Jens Klingmann, Ugo de Wilde , Connor De Phillippi, and Neil Verhagen ), the BMW M3 Touring became an instant fan favourite as it hit the track in the Eifel.
The BMW M3 Touring, proving its reliability and efficiency throughout the entire event, the team secured a strong top 5 finish.
Inspired by this success, the previously conceived plans to realise a racing version of the BMW M3 Touring became concrete in the summer of 2025. Within just eight months, the engineers at BMW M Motorsport built the BMW M3 Touring 24H.
It shares the same technical base as the BMW M4 GT3 EVO, but is derived from the basic body of the BMW M3 Touring. The BMW M3 Touring 24H is 200 millimetres longer and, including the rear wing, 32 millimetres higher than the BMW M4 GT3 EVO. The technical data of both race cars are identical.
Although sharing many characteristics with the M4 GT3 Evo, the car was not homologated as such and entered the race in the SPX category. Fielded by Schubert Motorsport at the ADAC RAVENOL 24 Hours Nürburgring 2026, and driven by four BMW M works drivers ( Jens Klingmann, Ugo de Wilde , Connor De Phillippi, and Neil Verhagen ), the BMW M3 Touring became an instant fan favourite as it hit the track in the Eifel.
The BMW M3 Touring, proving its reliability and efficiency throughout the entire event, the team secured a strong top 5 finish.
