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The longroof M3 combines a station-wagon body with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine.It has standard xDrive all-wheel drive including a RWD drift mode.It will go on sale in Europe (and elsewhere) later this year but is seemingly not coming to U.S.We are often frustrated when European automakers deny us cars with the excuse that they would be in limited demand in the U.S. This, sadly, is one of those occasions, with BMW’s official confirmation of a car that rational market forces are set to deny us. Meet the new BMW M3 Touring.That’s right, it’s an M3 wagon, the first that BMW has ever built through six generations of the nameplate. It got close in the past, having nearly launched a longroof version of the E36-generation M3 that was built between 1992 and 1999. But this is the first to actually make it to production and, on the basis of these images, it is every bit as awesome as you would expect such a combination of practicality and performance to be.
The M3 Touring follows the M4 coupe and convertible and the M3 sedan, and is set to make its official debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. this weekend. As you’d expect, it shares the station-wagon body of the existing 3-series Touring, which remains a strong seller in Europe, with the all-wheel-drive powertrain of the M3 Competition. And yes, it keeps Howitzer-caliber quad exhaust tips.

That means power from a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine that makes 503 hp and 479 pound-feet of torque, with this delivered to the road through a standard eight-speed automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive. The AWD system has an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch to apportion torque between its front and rear axles, plus an equally clever rear differential that allows full variation of the amount of effort sent to each rear wheel. Like the sedan, it will also feature a pure rear-wheel driven mode, although one that can only be selected with the disengagement of the DSC stability control system. Doing this will bring the additional dynamic option of the variable M Traction Control feature which will, according to BMW, “allow the skilled driver to enjoy a driving experience of remarkable purity.” Or, translated: big skids.The new car is slightly heavier than the M4 coupe and M3 sedan, although BMW hasn’t confirmed by quite how much. But it will still be brutally quick: BMW is claiming a sprint to 62mph in just 3.6 seconds—just a tenth behind the company’s claim for the sedan. Top speed will remain limited to 155 mph in standard form, although buyers who opt for the M Driver’s Package will see that increase to 174 mph.
But it is also a wagon, one that will offer a claimed 18 cubic feet of cargo capacity with the rear seats in place, and with this figure increasing to 53 cubic feet with the seats folded. As with lesser versions of the 3-series Touring, practicality is enhanced by the ability to open the rear tailgate glass separately, allowing small items to be placed into the load space without opening the trunk.Beyond the obvious bodywork changes, the M3 Touring sticks closely to the look of the sedan, but it also marks the debut in an M car of BMW’s new Operating System 8 system, and also a new 14.9-inch curved touchscreen display. As the pictures confirm, it extends from the edge of the merged digital instrument cluster to overlap the front passenger’s position.
There has been an M-branded Touring model before this one, with the E60-generation M5 combining wagon bodywork with the sonorous performance of that car’s naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V10 engine. This one is slightly less practical, but also quicker. It will be going on sale in markets including the U.K., Europe, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia later this year. Sadly it seems there are no plans to bring it here.
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Stellantis will be recalling Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs to fix a problem with the antilock braking system that could potentially cause the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly.Included are 270,904 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango models in the U.S., built between June 2018 and April 2019. The recall report filed with NHTSA blames a ZF hydraulic control unit ABS module that “falsely reads pressure in the primary circuit,” allowing brake lights to stay on and the vehicle to start and shift out of park without use of the brake pedal.More than 270,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs are being recalled because they could accidentally start, shift out of park, and move without the brake pedal being depressed. In filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the automaker says “suspect” hydraulic control unit modules were installed in vehicles built between June 10, 2018, and April 30, 2019. The faulty modules can “falsely read pressure in the primary circuit,” potentially allowing the brake lights to come on and the vehicle to start and shift out of park.

2018 Dodge Durango.
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Fiat Chrysler (FCA), as it’s named in the recall documents, first began an investigation last fall after noticing increased warranty claims for brake lights staying on in the two models. There have been more than 200 such claims to date related to the problem, but no reported accidents or injuries, according to FCA’s filing with NHTSA.The recall will include 211,934 Grand Cherokee and 58,970 Dodge Durango vehicles. The automaker is still working out the remedy and said it will notify owners by letters that are to be mailed at the end of July. In the meantime, owners can check whether their vehicle is affected on the NHTSA recalls site.

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This restomod Subaru Impreza was inspired by the original World Rally Championship car.The Prodrive car will make 400 horsepower and, thanks to liberal use of carbon fiber, will weigh less than the original WRC Impreza.The Prodrive P25 will be appearing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend in the U.K. A limited run of 25 will be sold in the U.K., with deliveries later this year.Nostalgia is a hugely powerful force when it comes to “want, not need” car purchases, and having raised the values of earlier classics, it has now reached the 1990s. This seems the most extreme example yet: the Prodrive P25.Yes, it’s a Subaru Impreza, although a substantially reworked one. Just 25 are going to be produced for rich, rally-loving collectors, with each one set to carry a six-figure price tag in the U.K.

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British motorsport company Prodrive created the original works Subaru World Rally Championship cars of the 1990s and early 2000s. The team’s most famous season came in 1995, when Colin McRae won his only driver’s championship in a four-door Impreza Turbo. In 1997, Prodrive created an even quicker Impreza to take advantage of the new WRC regulations, based on the two-door Impreza shell that was only available in Japan. This in turn inspired the Japan-market “widebody” 22B road car, but also the Prodrive-engineered Subaru Impreza P1, which was sold in Europe.

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While Prodrive cites the Impreza 22B as being the primary influence of the new P25, it seems to owe as much to the slightly later P1, including the fact that the man who designed the body kit for Prodrive’s first roadgoing Impreza, Peter Stevens, also did the work on this one. Beyond the P25’s hugely upgraded mechanical spec, the biggest difference is the pricetag; the limited-to-1000 Impreza P1 was originally sold for £26,800 in 2000; that emerges from the inflation calculator as the equivalent of $59,000 in 2022 dollars. The new P25 is being offered for a cool $565,000 at current exchange rates. The P25 will be based on an original two-door Impreza chassis, but with hood, trunklid, sills, mirrors, fenders, and the rally-style wing all made from carbon composite. That reduces mass to less than 2650 pounds, according to Prodrive—even less than the original WRC rally car. Power comes from a reworked version of the familiar 2.5-liter Subaru turbocharged flat-four, this getting new cylinder liners, pistons and conrods plus variable valve timing. Boost is delivered by a Garrett turbo, and the exhaust is a titanium and stainless steel system by Akrapovič.400 HP, 442 Pound-Feet Peak power is claimed to be over 400 horsepower, accompanied by 442 pound-feet of torque, delivered through a paddle-operated six-speed sequential transmission with helical cut gears and an electronically controlled active center differential. A launch control system is claimed to be capable of taking the car through first, second, and third gears without any driver intervention beyond, presumably, keeping the gas pedal tight against the bulkhead. Prodrive claims a zero-to-62-mph time of under 3.5 seconds. And some more good news for lovers of the distinctive fusillade produced by the original Impreza rally cars: this one keeps anti-lag, injecting fuel into the turbocharger to keep it spinning off-throttle. The P25 gets AP racing brakes with cast iron discs front and rear, these gripped by six-pot and four-pot calipers respectively. The interior gets a new digital display screen with a data logger, and buyers will be able to choose between having four seats or substituting the rear ones for a half roll cage. It also gets both a hydraulic “fly-off” e-brake (which disengages the center differential) for easier oversteer and a modern electric parking brake. The P25 will make its official debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend, with customer deliveries starting later this year. Begging the obvious question: which other rallying heroes would you like to see reinterpreted? The Lancia Delta Integrale? Audi Sport Quattro? Peugeot 205 T16?How about all of them?

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