BMW fanboy or not, people are on the prowl online looking for the upcoming M3 Touring’s all-important rear end. Well, you’re in luck. Photos of uncamouflaged pre-production have surfaced on Instagram. Now, the camouflage that we’ve previously seen in the many spy shots never really concealed the overall form of the M3 Touring, to begin with, and these latest pictures finally disclose what the wagon looks like.

Overview

The concept of a compact RWD sports car that features a naturally aspirated engine housed in a practical wagon body style isn’t really new. You had the likes of the Audi RS2 and a few performance Volvo wagons back in the late 90s. BMW themselves also considered this idea back in the early 2000s. Alas, that, unfortunately, wasn’t meant to be and the E46 M3 Kombi never reached fruition.

As a result, expectations for BMW's latest M3 Touring, are at an all-time high, even though it isn’t coming Stateside. Just earlier this week, BMW M prototype engineer Hans Rahn and BMW M development engineer Dirk Hacker revealed the M3 Touring's rear end in a video broadcast on BMW M's official YouTube page. While we only got to see the rear end, these pictures by Wilcoblok, despite the poor image quality pretty much show off the entire superwagon.

The Scoop

Now, it comes as no surprise that this is nothing but the current M3 with a longer roof and a unique tailgate. Upfront, the Touring continues to feature that huge grille, that’s already present on the M3 sedan, but it doesn’t seem to stick out as much thanks to the matte black paint on this particular car. We find the air intakes positioned on the outer edges of the front bumper that could not just aid with the aero, but could also potentially help with cooling the brakes.

Moving on to the rear, the sportiest section is by far that redesigned bumper, where you’ve got four proper (thanks BMW) exhaust tips sitting within a properly aggressive diffuser. It also boasts a one-of-a-kind roof spoiler.

Coming to the powertrain, expect to find the 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder with 503 horses, the same mill that’s on the sedan to also do duty in the wagon. To keep things tidy, the upcoming M3 Touring will be available with xDrive AWD paired to an eight-speed auto. I do hope that they include the mode where you’re allowed to switch between rear or AWD.

It's almost here

We knew an M3 Touring was coming right after the Bavarian automaker teased the car back nearly two years ago back in August 2020. But, now the wait is almost over. The car seems to be finally reaching the end of its development cycle, which means that the launch of the M3 Touring, isn’t too far away. BMW hasn’t announced the exact date but you can expect it to be out by summer.