We all know that one really rich guy / gal (if not IRL, just pick an heir / heiress to pretend along with) who's so rich they just don't care. I once gave a friend a ride in a new S63 AMG when that first came out. He had one on order and already owned a CLS55 and was tired of how common they were in Beverly Hills. I hit the gas once and he said, "That doesn't feel any better than my car." We talked about torque for about 35 seconds and then he picked up the phone and called the MB dealer. "Hi, it's xxxxx. I ordered an S63 from you. Can you change that order from a 63 to a 65? Yeah, 3 to 5. Same options. Thanks. Bye." And that was it.
Well, BMW is a bit like that. "Want to screw with people's hopes and dreams and build a one-off pickup truck / UTE M3? Same 420-horsepower V8. Should weigh about 4,000 lbs and haul just under 1,000 pounds. It will carry 20 golf bags and be the only M3 ever with a tow hitch! Fun, ya?" "Ya!" "And will we test it on the Nurburg ring?" "Of course!" And test they have, though they're not releasing numbers yet, except the top speed which was 300 kmh or 186 mph.
And then there's a bunch of noise from Sawzalls and slide rules and whatever else engineers use to have this kind of fun and then they sent it off to the photo dept to get some glamour shots which are after the jump.
So it's not real, big deal. You'll still be able to buy it at auction in 2051 and with the "Pick-up Powered by M #001" plaque, it should be a reasonable price.
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