The hauling abilities of certain performance-oriented cars are often untapped, as most people tend to focus on other aspects. However, it's clear that anyone who buys a fast wagon is also interested in how big the trunk is. Otherwise, they'd get the sedan instead – or the coupe/convertible if we're talking about BMW's premium compact M cars.
Case in point, meet the WTH story of the day: a BMW M3 Touring filled to the brink with potatoes. Someone folded the rear seats, put some plastic in, and then loaded multiple potato sacks into the cargo area. And since it was an out-of-the-ordinary job due to the performance-oriented nature of the selected vehicle, it made for a great short video.
The clip is only 15 seconds long and made its way to supercar.fails earlier in the week. It appears that he is a Polish YouTuber who's known for his deep pockets and a soft spot for cool rides. The YouTube association is enough to ring some bells, as this stunt was likely performed for internet fame, and we don't think anyone is crazy enough to have bought a BMW M3 Touring and used it as a potato hauler.
Photo: Instagram | supercar.fails
After all, this car starts at 106,300 in its homeland of Germany, and anyone who can afford to pay that much for a set of wheels likely has other rides in their garage, like a pickup truck in this instance. BMW does not sell the M3 Touring in the United States, but its four-door sibling, the M3 Sedan, is available here, priced from $76,000 in the base spec, $80,200 in the Competition flavor, and $85,300 in the xDrive (AWD) Competition spec.
Like its less practical sibling, the BMW M3 Touring utilizes the same 3.0L twin-turbo engine. The straight-six lump develops 479 pound-feet (650 Nm) of torque and 503 horsepower (510 ps/375 kW), channeled to the M-tuned xDrive AWD system through an automatic transmission with 8 forward gears. Naught to sixty-two miles per hour (100 kph) takes 3.6 seconds, although not with that many potatoes in the trunk, and flat-out, this model does 174 mph or 280 kph.
The M3 CS Touring is currently in development for quicker potato runs, and it should have 543 horsepower (550 ps/405 kW) available on tap, as well as chassis revisions, a few exterior novelties, and some tweaks in the cockpit. Given the extra work that went into it, the BMW M3 CS Touring will likely be one or two-tenths of a second faster than the regular M3 Touring, so anyone truly interested in this model's hauling abilities should opt for the sportier variant.
Now, I'm off to get some fries after seeing so many potatoes, though not before inviting you to click play on the following video.
After a series of unfortunate events put an end to Cristian's dream of entering a custom built & tuned old-school Dacia into a rally competition, he moved on to drive press cars and write for a living. He's worked for several automotive online journals and now he's back at autoevolution after his first tour in the mid-2000s. Full profile
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