Post-obit the BMW M3 Coupé, BMW M3 Convertible and BMW M3 Sedan, a fourth body variant of this globally successful high-functioning sports machine is almost to cause a stir. Under the strictest secrecy, the world's first high-operation pickup has been created at the BMW M GmbH development heart.

The sportiest instance by far in this vehicle category, the BMW M3 Pickup will fire the imaginations of all motorists with a deep appreciation of top functioning matched past a swell practical aptitude. 309 kW/420 hp under the bonnet and a rear-beam load capacity of up to 450 kilos take the hallmark BMW M relationship between race-oriented driving pleasure and everyday utility to an entirely new level. This unique vehicle has already completed all-encompassing exam and set-up drives on the Nürburgring's Nordschleife in advance of its global unveiling on one April 2011.

bmw m3 pickup 12 655x435 With this vehicle, BMW Thousand GmbH once once again furnishes prove of its exceptional competence in developing and edifice high-grade, individual dream cars. With a high-revving V8 engine at the front, a generously sized load area behind and a removable Targa roof above, driver and passengers in the BMW M3 Pickup will relish an unprecedented have on the familiar M feeling.

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Yet this spectacular new development is unmistakably recognisable as a fellow member of the BMW M3 model family. Corroborating this kinship are not just the inimitable ability of the engine, but also fine-tuned aerodynamics and a tailored suspension prepare-up. Measurements in the wind tunnel at the BMW Group'due south Aerodynamic Test Centre showed a Cd factor on a par with that of the BMW M3 Coupé. Like every BMW M model, the BMW M3 Pickup has also demonstrated its dynamic potential on the North Loop of the Nürburgring. Official lap times have not yet been released, just the needle in the punch vouched for a top speed of 300 km/h.

The kerb weight of the world's fastest pickup undercuts that of the BMW M3 Convertible by around fifty kilograms. Removing the Targa roof shaves off a further 20 kg while at the same time lowering the motorcar'southward middle of gravity. This most unusual feel of top-down driving pleasure in a BMW M3 thus goes mitt in hand with further optimised dynamic treatment.

The practical features of the BMW M3 Pickup are no less impressive. Maximum load capacity has been raised to 450 kilograms. The load bed of the BMW M3 Pickup is clad in high-grade structured aluminium sheeting and provides the biggest cargo chapters ever offered on a BMW M vehicle. In terms of the unit generally applied to premium automobiles, that gives the loading area of the BMW M3 Pickup the chapters to behave upwardly to 20 standard 46-inch golf game numberless. What's more, the BMW M3 Pickup is the commencement BMW M3 variant in the 25-yr-plus history of this model range to come with a trailer tow hitch.

Yet these unquestionable stand-out qualities, the BMW M3 Pickup will non exist heading for the golf course or series development, but will retain its status as an exclusive 1-off. Information technology is earmarked for use as a workshop ship vehicle for BMW M GmbH. With this in mind, the current BMW M3 Pickup – unlike a similar predecessor built back in the 1980s – has gone through the requisite procedures to earn its road certification. Which makes it officially a truck – but one that puts a whole new spin on the pregnant of the word.

[Source: BMW ]