BMW M3 Touring packs 390kW, 650Nm

BMW’s M3 Touring is a station wagon with a family-sized cargo bay and the pace of a serious sports car. That’s the whole hook — practical shape, ridiculous output. For the 2025 update, BMW gave the all-wheel-drive M3 Competition Touring a useful power bump to 390kW while keeping torque at 650Nm, and that matters because this car already sat near the top of the fast-wagon pile. The gap BMW i(carsales.com.au)an even harder toward the nonsense side. (carsales.com.au) ### What actually changed? The headline change is the engine tune. BMW’s twin-turbo 3.0-litre straight-six in the M3 Competition Touring with M xDrive now makes 390kW, up 15kW from before, while peak torque stays at 650Nm. BMW also widened the upper end of the torque plateau, so maximum twist now holds on to 5750rpm instead of tapering earlier. That sounds nerdy, but it means the car should feel stronger for longer as revs climb, not just punchy in the middle. (carsales.com.au) ### How fast is that in real terms? Very fast. BMW quotes 0–100km/h in 3.6 seconds for the M3 Competition Touring, which is deep into super-sedan territory for something with a big hatch and 500 litres of luggage space. Top speed is typically capped unless optioned otherwise, but the broader point is that this is no longer “quick for a wagon.” It’s just quick, full stop. (bmw.com.au) same not matter much? Because power tells you how hard the car keeps pulling at higher speeds, and BMW added exactly that. Torque is the shove you feel early. Power is what keeps the shove alive as speed builds. So a 15kW increase without a torque increase can still make the car feel meaningfully angrier on a fast road — especially in an xDrive M3 that already launches brutally well. (carsales.com.au) ### Is this the same as the M3 CS Touring? No — and this is where the numbers can get confusing. The regular updated M3 Competition Touring makes 390kW and 650Nm. The harder-core M3 CS Touring steps up again to 405kW while keeping the same 650Nm, cuts weight with more carbon-fibre parts, and gets sharper chassis tuning. BMW quotes 3.5 seconds to 100km/h for the CS. Basically, the regular car got closer to the special one, but it didn’t become the special one. (bmw-m.com) ### Does the wagon body ruin the handling? Turns out, not really. Reviewers keep making the same point: yes, the Touring is heavier than the sedan and needs extra rear bracing, but it still carries the same balance, grip, and aggression people expect from an M3. That’s the impressive bit. Fast wagons often win on charm and lose on precision. The M3 Touring seems to keep both. (topgear.com) style it long refused to build and turned it into one of its most desirable M cars. The M3 Touring is the first production M3 wagon ever, and it exists in a market that still has buyers for expensive, petrol-powered performance estates even as a lot of the industry shifts toward SUVs and EVs. That makes it a halo car, but also a signal that the old enthusiast formula still sells. (topgear.com) ### Who is it really aimed at? People who want one absurdly capable car instead of two specialized ones. That sounds obvious, but it’s the whole reason this niche survives. An M3 Touring has to justify itself against an SUV on practicality and against a sports car on excitement. With 390kW, 650Nm, and a sub-4-second sprint, BMW has made that argument a lot easier. (bmw.com.au)t reinvent the M3 Touring. It tightened the formula. More power, same torque, same everyday usefulness — and a clearer shot at being the performance wagon people measure everything else against. (carsales.com.au)