The BMW M3 GTS is expected to carry some serious track cred. The extremely limited edition Bimmer packs 450 horsepower from a 4.4-liter V8 engine, while weight is cut by 419 lbs compared to a typical M3. Sounds like a dream come true. But if you planned on picking up one of the 90 M3 GTS models costing 115,000 Euro ($145,000 in U.S. funds), you're too late. The most capable E92 M3 is already sold out, but you can at least hit the jump to see video of a bright orange GTS as its takes on the famed Nürburgring.
In the BMW-produced video, M3 test engineer Günter Sillinger takes the GTS for a spin around the 'Ring, then tells us just how great the high-strung coupe handles. Sillinger may be biased, but since we may never get behind the wheel of one of the select GTS coupes, we'll have to take his word for it when he says, "It's the most uncompromising, fastest and thrilling M3 ever." Follow the jump to watch the 2:19 video for yourself.
MUNICH — BMW's M GmbH subsidiary has launched the M3 GTS, a more powerful, stripped-down yet street-legal edition of the M3 Coupe designed specifically for club sport racing.
The M group has increased displacement of the M3's V8 engine from 4.0 to 4.4 liters, boosting output to 444 horsepower and torque to 325 pound-feet. Mated to a modified version of BMW's seven-speed M Dual Clutch Transmission, the engine propels the M3 GTS from 0 to 60 mph in less than 4.4 seconds. Top speed is 190 mph.
Kay Segler, CEO of BMW M, observes: "Our aim was to develop a model variant that would prove its outstanding potential both on the road and at club sport racing events. The BMW M3 GTS is pure M feeling, embodying the brand values in a highly concentrated form."
Built at the M GmbH manufacturing facility in Garching, Germany, the M3 GTS will be priced from $172,000, including tax, when it goes on sale officially in July. Right-hand-drive variants for the U.K. market will be available next January
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