BMW sends off the 6th-gen M3 CS with a manual gearbox, rear-wheel drive
BMW M’s next major work will be next year’s all-electric quad-motor M3, derived from the Neue Klasse i3. And we can’t imagine there’s a three-pedal version of that one in the works, sadly.
The M3 I really want
In BMW’s briefing materials for the M3 CS Handschalter, it notes that the 3.0 L S58 engine is also used, in modified form, in the BMW M4 GT3 Evo that won the Rolex 24 at Daytona this year. BMW has had a fair degree of success with the M4 GT3 Evo, as it also won last year’s Nurbürgring 24, among other races. But the only M race car with an S58 engine anyone cared about at this year’s N24 started life as an April Fool’s joke.
As 24-hour races go, the N24 is certainly unique. Le Mans and Daytona have faster prototypes among the GTs. Spa-Francorchamps is just GT3,...
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