The M3 Touring Question: Why It Took Forty Years

The M3 Touring arrived in 2022 to an audience that had been asking for it since 1986. The delay was never about engineering.

The precedent

The E34 M5 Touring existed. So did the E61. Both sold in tiny numbers and both are now worth considerably more than the sedans they were based on, which is precisely the problem: enthusiast approval and sales volume are not the same thing.

What changed

The G81 arrived when the wagon body style had recovered enough relevance in Europe, and when M's volume elsewhere could absorb a low-volume halo. It is still not sold in North America.

Is it any good

It is a G80 M3 Competition xDrive with a longer roof and slightly more weight over the rear axle. Which is to say, yes.