Even in a performance landscape crowded with fast wagons and special-edition badges, some records still turn heads. BMW’s latest lap time at the Nurburgring does just that, putting the spotlight on an unlikely star of the M lineup: a long-roofed powerhouse with room for groceries and a stopwatch-crushing appetite.
Shortly after the M2 CS became the fastest compact car at the Nurburgring with a lap time of 7:25.5, BMW’s performance division returned to the track to test another CS-badged model. The M3 CS Touring completed a lap of the Green Hell in 7:29.490, making it the quickest estate to ever lap the circuit.
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