It’s no secret that Chris Harris loves high-performance estates so when he was not too long ago handed the keys to an M3 Touring he was giddy to drive a automobile that he hoped can be constructed for the previous 25 years.

Many automobile fans like Harris had all the time wished that BMW would produce an property model of the M3 so when it determined to go forward of make such a automobile a actuality, the German automobile producer had some very excessive expectations to stay as much as. The automobile appears to be simply nearly as good as we had all hoped.

Very similar to the sedan, the M3 Touring is powered by the model’s 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged straight-six, configured in Competitors guise to pump out 503 hp. Harris says that it feels as if the automobile has extra grunt than that, noting that it accelerates quickly and that the torque in greater gears is very spectacular.

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Making the powertrain all of the extra spectacular is the truth that the M3 Touring could be pushed in rear- and all-wheel drive configurations. Harris spends most of his time on the monitor with the automobile in rear-wheel drive mode, permitting him to carry out some chic drifts. The eight-speed automated transmission can also be good, though the veteran reviewer notes that it may be somewhat hesitant to downshift.

Harris means that probably the most spectacular a part of the M3 Touring is the chassis. He says it represents an enormous enchancment over the F80-generation mannequin and is considerably extra snug on the highway. It’s so good to drive, actually, that he says it’s a good distance past the current-generation Audi RS4 Avant.