BMW M3 Pickup spied for first time

Number Nine

M3's rear half converted into a pickup bed as the prototype head's off for some lap runs on the Nürburgring

:eek:

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johnos1984

Convertible test bed

Mr Benevolent

Don't worry, it's only the Australian version.

Plug

Jesus them Ozzy's are mad!

Midnight_EG

I take it the rear bed is for me to get sick in after seeing the whole car?

seanybiker

That's actually fairly cool looking. Weird

Eric Cartman

an m3 with 288 euro in tax, get a canopy the same shape as the coupe back and your good to go

-Corkie-

Eric Cartman wrote: »

an m3 with 288 euro in tax, get a canopy the same shape as the coupe back and your good to go

My thinking too. I have a commercial policy aswell so I could see myself driving that someday..

Muckie

Mad as it sounds i like the look of it too.

FreudianSlippers

Ruins the whole joke when it comes out days early

Atomic Pineapple

Is it real? Looks photo-shopped?

FreudianSlippers

draffodx wrote: »

Is it real? Looks photo-shopped?

I think it's real, but it's certainly an April Fool's joke by BMW.

squod

FreudianSlippers

That poor e30

Number Nine

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Chief of product development cops to the M3 pickup being a joke


Well, we had to know that this was going to turn out to be a joke.

And in retrospect our speculation that this M3 pickup was going to be some kind of one-off vehicle used to move parts around a production facility is kind of funny. Although, what is BMW going to do with this prototype anyway?

According to Autoblog.com, BMW has copped to the M3 pickup being an April fool's joke. The model will accompany the very real M5 Concept's debut on April 1st.

Dirk Arnold, head of product development, told Autoblog.com," Ah, yes, everyone's been talking about that pickup. But, no, this is... how you call it, an April Fool's Joke...It is hugely doubtful that BMW will ever during our lives produce such a vehicle, in any segment."

Well, he didn't have to shut the door on it so hard. But it's probably the right thing to do.

BMW will premiere the M5 concept at a press event near Munich on April 1st along with a series of M3-based prototypes which have never been produced, including, of course, this El Camino-ized M3.

Interestingly, there will also be an M3 with a folding hardtop on hand. And maybe that one's got a chance at making it to production.

Source: autoblog.com

Moses7

Official pics out. I think BMW should build it:)

Matt Simis

Cool that it was like a Targa top and an Ute in one.
Many Aussies will not like todays confirmation it was a joke though.

KamiKazi

That it awesome.

jimbling

It does look pretty sweet all right. I mean, if my heart was set on a pick up and I had bucket loads of cash, that would definitely be sitting in my drive.

CoDy1

Thread reminded me of pics I saw of an e39 M5 'ute':