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 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.

BMW M has released teasers on social media of a hardcore performance station wagon wearing M3 CS badging. It's unlikely to come to the U.S.

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.

Series, nor the mighty M3 version—and certainly not the ultimate CS speedwagon that’s just been offered to the rest of the world. Lighter, stiffer, faster and even more agile, that’s the promise of the M3 CS Touring—a promise that will sadly remained unfulfilled in the U.