Bmw E46 Gtr

The P60 engine in the E46 BMW M3 GTR Strassenversion was detuned to 380 horsepower to meet road-legal status. But the P60 V8 engine remained, and ultimately the M3 GTR Strassenversion became a pipe. 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. For the first time BMW M3 GTR E46 was lit up 15 years ago during the American race Le Mans Racing.

He was able to win literally one race during the whole time. BMW has recently unveiled a special edition of its M3 E46 GTR sports car that was prominently featured in the 2005 video game Need For Speed: Most Wanted. To celebrate the gaming franchise's.

What you're looking at here is the #42 Team BMW Motorsport E46 M3 GTR as raced by Jörg Müller and J.J. Lehto back in 2001. The very car that actually won the ALMS GT Series that season with Müller taking the drivers' championship and BMW Motorsport first in the team standings.

BMW M3 GTR [E46] An E46 GTR came to life in February 2001, powered by the P60B40 a 3,997 cc V8 producing 444 hp (368 kW; 450 PS). Unlike the straight-six powered M3 versions, which were outpaced by the Porsche 996 GT3, the racing version of the E46 M3 GTR 53 was very successful in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), entered by Schnitzer Motorsport.As a result of these races, BMW Motorsport. The BMW E46 M3 GTR was a limited edition road car based on the Le Mans racing version.

It had a 380 horsepower V8 engine, a racing style transmission, a stiffened chassis and a carbon fiber body. The E46 M3 GTR was developed for racing in the 2001 season of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), which briefly allowed manufacturers to use race cars with purpose-built racing engines, provided a small number of equivalent roadgoing examples were built. The M3 GTR race car achieved cult status as the central vehicle in the story of the popular 2005 racing video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

At BMW, he worked on the F1 engine, and designed the 'P60' V8 that'd find its way into the nose of the E46 M3 GTR. 2002 BMW M3 GTR specs, performance data, top speed, engine specifications, pictures, updated June 2025.