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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:23 AM
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M3 Pickup lol wut?

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/15/s...ound-the-ring/



There aren't words to convey just how happy this makes us. With Spring officially licking at the sanctified asphalt of the Nürburgring, testing season has kicked into high gear. Our elite squad of spy photographers has set up camp to take in the action and happened to catch this bizarre beastie obliterating its tires amongst a herd of other BMW mules. As you might expect, there's exactly zero information on the machine other than it looks for all the world to be an M3 pickup.

Trust us when we say that we're going to sleep more soundly tonight knowing that somewhere in the world, this creation exists.

We have no idea what the BMW engineers are up to with this one, though we love the idea of an M3-powered spiritual successor to the El Camino throne (bonus points for the camouflage as racing stripes motif, too). Assumed to have the same 4.0-liter V8 found in the nose of the current M3, this beast should be be good for 414 horsepower – perfect for making lickety-split runs to the hardware store.

We'd sell a passel of vital organs for a little seat time in this thing, even if it does simply turn out to be an early April Fool's joke. The shots are real, so perhaps BMW's design team are just blowing off some steam, or readying a one-off for Europe's tuner extravaganza of choice, the Essen Motor Show?










I'd drive it.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:31 AM
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 04:36 AM
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Jeremy Clarkson is gonna have a field day on this thing if it ever comes out. top gear ford lightening review all over again.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 05:00 AM
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too bad it's only going to be sold in Australia.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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Never going to happen. They say it's a one off parts runner car for the factory or something.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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its been done before:

http://www.caradvice.com.au/17241/ap...t-deni-muster/
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:00 AM
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^^But BMW didn't build that... Some dude who likes pickup trucks did.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:09 AM
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Don't click on any of the links in that article. Takes you to a spam site.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JZ oo7
too bad it's only going to be sold in Australia.
That was my exact thought.
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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sorry this was already debunked yesterday, some german tuner made that one-off as their shops parts truck. Im sure he probably put those camo stripes on it and drove it on The Ring just for the attention and the lulz.
Little tip, when you see car makers use that camo on a car, they do the WHOLE car, doing a little stripe doesnt really hide much does it

http://jalopnik.com/#!5782213/is-thi...ickup-for-real
Old Mar 16, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Ah a M3 Ute marketed for Australia?
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^^But BMW didn't build that... Some dude who likes pickup trucks did.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:47 PM
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yeah probably for Australia, looks very similar to that holden pick up or whatever, apparently pretty popular there.



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