The M3 GTR race car rose to the expectations set by BMW's M division, and in some ways, it even exceeded them. After completing both the race car and the street version required for homologation ...

Seven months later, on the eve of the ALMS season closing at Petit Le Mans, BMW presented the first showroom-ready M3 GTR Strassenversion (“Street Version”) at a faintly ridiculous 250 000 ...

The E46 M3 GTR was an exception to that rule. See, BMW made a mighty V8 to compete in ALMS GT series racing. But to qualify for the class BMW wanted to race in, a street-legal variant needed to exist.

Of course, that meant promising a 10-unit production run of road cars as well. The P60 engine in the E46 BMW M3 GTR Strassenversion was detuned to 380 horsepower to meet road-legal status. But the P60 ...

To remedy this, a compact V8 was put in to replace the straight-six S54 motor. To have the car classified as a production car and not a prototype, the special engine was also put into a small series ...

To remedy this, a compact V8 was put in to replace the straight-six S54 motor. To have the car classified as a production car and not a prototype, the special engine was also put into a small series ...

BMW withdrew, but it had cemented the E46 M3 GTR into motorsport history. The fans’ most-wanted BMW M3 Such racing infamy led the developers of Need for Speed: Most Wanted , EA Black Box, to ...

This particular M3 GTR has a rich racing history. Driven by Jörg Müller and J.J. Lehto in the 2001 American Le Mans Series, it secured the driver's title for Müller and the team championship for BMW.