Lighter carbon-fiber parts, added muscle everywhere, and a top speed that trips a limiter at 186mph are the highlights of BMW’s upcoming M3 CS Touring xDrive. And it’s something BMW has never done before. Sure, the Bavarian automaker has made a few M3 wagons in its time, but it’s never made a CS range-topping version before.

The CS treatment for the M3 Touring brings the same 543-hp rating as the hardcore M4 CSL coupe, generated by a tuned version of the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 found in all M3 and M4 models. The performance increase over the 523-hp M3 Competition comes from extra boost pressure and tweaks to the engine’s electronic management.

BMW has released a new, even more high-performance version of its M3 Touring – the CS. It’s the first time the CS name has been used on a touring – or estate – model, having previously been used only on some of BMW’s most hardcore models.

BMW has introduced the first-ever BMW M3 CS Touring, a limited-edition high-performance wagon that combines track-inspired engineering with everyday versatility. Debuting at the iconic Mount Panorama Circuit during the Bathurst 12-Hour race,

Stepping-up from the standard M3 Touring, the CS will be making local market landfall in limited numbers, but only in the first quarter of 2026.

The M3 CS Touring is expected to follow the same formula as the M3 CS sedan that was sold in 2024, which means extra power and less weight.

As per BMW’s other modern CS cars, the 3.0-litre features a new, blowier set of blowers with more charge pressure (2.1 bar), plus a few 0s and 1s inserted into the engine management code to allow for the 20bhp increase. The mountings for this engine are stiffer, too.

The limited-production M3 CS Touring has a 3D-printed cylinder head core, higher-boost turbochargers, and a 0-60 time of 3.2 seconds with rollout.

BMW has officially revealed the M3 CS Touring as a more radical version of its high-performance estate. Compared to the standard M3 Touring, the CS gets new design elements, a power bump, and a slight weight reduction.