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Global premiere at the Goodwood Festival of Speed: the first-ever BMW M3 Touring MotoGP™ Safety Car.
Tue Jun 28 16:44:45 CEST 2022 Press Release
BMW M GmbH will be focusing its activities at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on its 50th birthday celebrations. BMW M is showcasing numerous models from the past, present and future to mark the occasion. This includes global debuts like the one of the first-ever BMW M3 Touring MotoGP™ Safety Car. Festival visitors will be among the first people able to take a close look at the newest safety car from BMW M, the ‘Official Car of MotoGP™’ since 1999.
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Munich. BMW M GmbH will be focusing its activities at this
year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (23rd to 26th June) on its 50th
birthday celebrations. BMW M is showcasing numerous models from the
past, present and future to mark the occasion. This includes global
debuts like the one of the first-ever BMW M3 Touring MotoGP™ Safety
Car. Festival visitors will be among the first people able to take a
close look at the newest safety car from BMW M, the ‘Official Car of
MotoGP™’ since 1999. The BMW M3 Touring MotoGP™ Safety Car will also
make its first race appearance in Great Britain, in early August at
the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The newest member of the safety car fleet is based on the
first-ever BMW M3 Competition Touring with M xDrive (fuel consumption,
combined: 10.4 – 10.1 l/100km correspond to WLTP, CO2
emissions, combined: 235 – 229 g/km correspond to WLTP)*, which is
also set to celebrate its global debut in Goodwood. It combines the
high level of technological capability, performance and know-how of
the BMW M3 and BMW M4 family with the practical nature of a five-door
touring model. Both cars, the series production vehicle and the safety
car, will be unveiled on Thursday 23rd June at the Goodwood Festival
of Speed and will then take place in the renowned hillclimb race on
all festival days.
“The world premiere of the new BMW M3 Touring represents another
highlight in our anniversary year, as we will be introducing a BMW M3
as a touring model for the very first time in our 50-year history,”
said Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW M GmbH. “Including this new
high-performance automobile in our fleet of MotoGP safety cars is the
obvious next step for us. Throughout our decades of partnership with
MotoGP rights owner Dorna Sports, we have always set great store by
providing the newest BMW M models for safety purposes at the circuit,
and we are continuing this tradition with the BMW M3 Touring MotoGP
Safety Car. We are very much looking forward to seeing it perform at
the legendary Goodwood hillclimb and then appear later in the races at
the top level of motorsport.”
The visual appearance of the new BMW M3 Touring MotoGP™ Safety
Car is a tribute to 50 years of BMW M and to the decades of
partnership with MotoGP™. The safety car will sport a special 50 Years
of BMW M Livery, and all MotoGP™ safety cars from 1999 to the present
day are listed on the car.
The BMW M3 Touring MotoGP™ Safety Car will be equipped with the
entire product range from BMW M Performance Parts for its appearance
on the racetrack. Further modifications to the MotoGP™ safety cars
include Recaro race seats, 4-point harness, safety cross beam, roof
lights, front flashes, emergency disconnector and a fuel extraction system.
For more information about BMW M GmbH and the involvement as the
‘Official Car of MotoGP™’, see: www.bmw-m.com
CO2 EMISSIONS & CONSUMPTION.
BMW M3 Competition Touring with M xDrive:
fuel consumption, combined: 10.4 – 10.1 l/100km correspond to WLTP, CO2 emissions, combined: 235 – 229 g/km correspond to WLTP.