Huge rear seat bolsters. Sure, there are lot of great things about the new M3 CTR Lightweight sedan, which debuted at BMW’s M Night (Shyamalan?) in the opening festivities to the Nürburgring 24 Hours race, but the bolsters are just awesome to look at. Please do so for a while in our galleries, then move on with the rest of this story.
There was a lot of speculation after the original BMW M3 Lightweight Sedan Concept debuted a few months back that the production version would share the base M3’s motor, not the larger, more powerful one from the Euro-only GTS coupe. That isn’t the case, which is fortunate for every one of the 67 people who will get to buy one at a price not yet disclosed. That engine is a 4.4-liter V8, delivering 450 horsepower at 8300 rpm and 324 lb-ft of torque at 3750 revs. Out back, the sports exhaust gets a lightweight titanium muffler. Things the CRT doesn’t share with the GTS? A factory roll cage and those cool center-lock hubs. This car has boring old wheel bolts.
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