BMW M3 Touring MotoGP Safety Car: the family sports car gets dressed for racing

Midweek, BMW and its motorsport division BMW M presented the first BMW M3 Touring in history, undoubtedly becoming one of the most anticipated launches in the Bavarian brand’s entire history, creating the perfect plaything for family travel or for lapping the circuit at speed.

Now, to round off this major launch, BMW M GmbH has just presented its BMW M3 Touring MotoGP Safety Car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the United Kingdom, where alongside the production version of the model it looks absolutely spectacular.

With its next appearance scheduled for the upcoming British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the new M3 Touring is an ideal base to have been chosen as MotoGP’s new Safety Car, thanks to its great combination of performance and practicality, offering room for up to 5 occupants and a large boot (500 litres).

Radically sporty

Starting with its styling, the new M3 Touring MotoGP Safety Car has, quite obviously, been fitted with several elements essential to its role, such as an LED light module on the roof and grille, a white livery with BMW M colours commemorating its 50th anniversary, and a carbon fibre package from the M Performance Parts catalogue that suits the family sports car wonderfully.

Its aggressive front bumper with a front lip and carbon fibre canards, its 19-inch forged wheels, and its sills, mirror caps and prominent rear diffuser with four exhaust outlets, again in carbon fibre, are the key elements that give it a very radical look.

Inside, the Safety Car features bucket seats signed by Recaro with four-point harnesses, a fuel extraction system, roll bars and the medical equipment required in an emergency.

Same engine

Under the bonnet, the brand has announced no changes, so everything points to it retaining the same twin-turbo six-cylinder 3.0-litre engine that produces 510 CV and 650 Nm of torque, enabling it to hit 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds, 0 to 200 km/h in 12.9 seconds, and reach a top speed of up to 280 km/h if the M Driver’s Package is selected.