BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon Racing

The World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is one of the FIA's three World Championships (along with Formula One and the World Rally Championship).


Andy Priaulx and BMW Team UK won the ETCC in 2004, and continued the winning form in WTCC in 2005 in an E46 3-series, while the E90 3-series repeated this feat in 2006 and 2007.


BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

The 3-Series' rear-wheel drive layout and design have both been attributed to its victory, though in Touring Car Racing, as almost every other motor sport, the skill driver and their team tactics are also important.
BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

BMW 3 Series Sports Wagon

BMW X3 History and development

BMW presented the precursor to the X3 as a concept vehicle unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2003. Dubbed the xActivity, BMW previewed a SAV based on the 3 Series platform, without windows and a vestigial roof.

BMW X3

BMW X3

BMW X3

BMW X3

BMW X3

BMW X3

As BMW used parts from the E39 5 Series in making the X5, likewise BMW engineers employed 3 Series parts with the X3, e.g., the rear suspension from the E46 330xi.


BMW X3