A Bmw Gtr

Those who want to win, have to be able to do without - that was the tagline for one of the rarest BMW M models ever. Fewer than ten were sold and there's scarcely been a M3 that was closer to a racing car. The extraordinary story of the BMW M3 GTR Street.

The BMW M3 GTR Strassenversion isn't just rare, it's an impossible. Why this particular M3 GTR? Well, this is the actual M3 GTR that would've inspired the artwork for Most Wanted back in 2005. When BMW withdrew from the ALMS series, the M3 GTR continued racing in Europe up to 2005, but these particular cars - although P60 powered - featured revisions to the bodywork, aero and wheels.

The BMW M3 GTR may be considered the rarest BMW in the world, but you're more likely to know it from Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Players of the iconic game will remember tearing up the streets in a silver. What makes this M3 GTR so special everyone goes crazy about? Well, the fact being that the M3 GTR was the first M3 to feature a killer V8 engine.

BMW is known for its sheer driving performance and surely their M series is the pinnacle of German motorsport racing. The 10 M3 GTRs that were built soon became a highly collectible and precious inventory for BMW enthusiasts. Three E46 M3 GTRs have survived the test of time but only this one is still running.

BMW Group Classic USA takes us on a tour of the unicorn. The M3 GTR was the first BMW to feature a V-8 engine, producing 444 horsepower in the race version and 350 horsepower in the road. Few race cars enjoy the reversal of fortune that BMW's M3 enjoyed over the past two seasons of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

In 2000, the M3 race car, which is known as the M3 GTR and races. The BMW M3 GTR is still regarded as one of the most legendary vehicles to ever grace the racetracks, twenty years after its creation. In order to maintain BMW competitive in the American Le Mans series, the M3 GTR was developed.

Following some victories, Porsche, the M3 GTR's competitor, had reservations over the car's status as a prototype. BMW introduced a new E46 M3-based race car for 2001. Instead of a version of the S54B32 straight-six, this M3 GTR ran a different engine, the P60B40, a 4.0 liter V8 with a flat.