I had the pleasure of being driven around Silverstone, at a very high rate of knots, by Chris at a Mission Motorsport beneficiary Veterans event. He was in his own E63 estate, or his dog car as he called it. He got told off for drifting past supercars by the marshals but he just got on with it. He loves a fast estate. That ride was a highlight in my life at a time when everything else was darkness. He helped me get back on the road to recovery. Thank you Sir.
I've actually driven this car, in sedan version as well. My only criticism is those seats. Being 6'4" it crushed every single outside bone in my body plus my nuts were pressed back in every time I used the brake anything more than gently. After a 30 min drive I looked and felt like unfolded teenager's laundry.
@@gottliebdee263 he really does, although I had a gut feeling back in the day he’d end up at TG eventually. The quality of a CH review without added scripting for ‘entertainment’ is bliss to consume.
Its always a good day when a "Chris Harris Drives" appears in your youtube watch list, its even better when its a new M3 Touring. Thanks for all the hooning about with the epic camera work folks.
Thanks, Chris, for making us folks on the other side of the pond feel even worse about the lack of a G series estate option in the USA. We'll just have to continue to live vicariously through all of you and videos like this one are both the medicine and the disease!
The BMW CCBs are incredible, but in the wet you need to be mindful as they can take a few long seconds to clear surface water and actually bite. Had a couple of code browns when forgetting
Man I wish they had made this car 20 years ago. Mind you I could have an E46 touring with a real engine sound made for a lot less than £100k. Fantastic review as always Mr Harris.
That's because the average BMW driver believes an immensely stiff suspension and super heavy steering automatically makes the car sporty. BMW has tuned the suspension according to what most buyers want, which makes the suspension of the G80 just right for track use if you keep it in comfort mode. Sport or track mode are too stiff for the road or the race track.
My all year can do all car is the M4 Competition x-drive Convertible; it replaced a 992 S 4W Convertible . BMW nailed it with the new M3/4 these are superb drivers cars.
@@samthoma2719 I learned to drive in 5 gear cars. Gears have gotten closer,mostly to pull better after an up shift, and yes, produce more rotation and less heat over a test cycle.
Great video and mega to watch Chris just do his thing . But I'm sorry 100k for a family estate I couldn't careless if it had 1000bhp the world has gone mad 😂
Been saying the same about BMW for a while now and not just full fat M. In every segment they are smashing the competition on a like for like spend. And amazingly these should end up being very reliable cars as long as you are liberal with your oil changes.
The best thing of Chris Harris and the editing team have is that they know perfectly when to shut up and let the car do the talking and when to add music
Went from an rs4 to an m3 put a CSL style grille on it, lowered it, and a carbon front splitter. BMW performance and looks are 🔥 night and day all rounder vs audi and merc
£100k for an M3 is ridiculous. That’s M8 money and Chris was griping about that price when he reviewed it. It’s the depreciation which is going to bite though. They’ll be worth half that after 30/36 months.
@@MaCcAM40a3 yeah that's exactly the complaint lmao. The m3 used to be attainable for the middle class car enthusiast. Nowadays, noone is outright buying one cause at that price, who would? and the people who drive them are financially irresponsible idiots who can't actually afford the financing plan they're gonna be paying off for the next 8 years... Any time i see someone in a new M car it's a 24 year old guy who drops two thirds of his monthly paycheck on their car, and will continue doing so for the better part of a decade lmao.
I bought a 2017 M2 cause of the two great videos Chris Harris made on that car. Loved it the time it was under warranty but had to trade it in for my C7 Corvette cause I couldn't afford to keep it up without the warranty. Plus the Vette is cheaper to insure oddly !
Yeah sadly performance BMW's tend to get "borrowed" from people's driveways in the middle of the night. Recently got quotes for a brand new Golf R, £100 more a year than my lowly 2015 reg 2.0 Audi TT. A 4 year old M2 Competition was nearly double!
Chris Harris you`re a Man after my own heart . I love estates cars I only have a Focus 1.5 ecoboost estate at the moment but i`ll wait a few years and search for one of these , even with the ugly front end and all , at a price i can afford . Will you please please team up with Clarkson & co it would be the ultimate car show .
High praise. I want one. But the sticker price is outrageous. With finance costs having shot up, I wonder how many they can sell. I’ll be waiting for the used market to get going before dipping my toe I think.
In addition to potentially being the best all-rounder, i'd certainly say it's likely the best 'i don't care what it looks like, when I'm inside it and it drives this well' car too. It's all bloody wrong to look at, that thing (though the bigger arse saves it a little). But... If you could, you would. Still. Because of what it is, and what it offers.
Chris, wonderful video, I’m liking these reviews. Also, it was great to meet you in Ontario last year, I could tell you were really into cars when I asked you about Toyota and Subaru’s new 86/BRZ. I was wondering if you would ever get a go in that car and film a piece on it? I’ve seen Jethro drive it for EVO, itching to see you do the same.
I always get excited seeing Chris' videos like this....until I realize I live in the US where our estates are 9" taller so they are appropriately equipped for the treacherous Whole Foods run.
Well it is good that Chris likes it. I thought it a bit to game boy and lardy game boy at that. I'm surprised he finds it comfortable too. It seems M division are full of surprises.
The M3 Touring is the best one car garage ever. I know the grilles are horrible, but if I had to love a car with that grille THIS is the only way to make me do it 🥰❤️
Is it too stiff for a daily though I wonder. I have a Giulia QV and am toying with the idea of going G80 next but I feel like the Alfa has struck the perfect balance between comfort and sport across its suspension settings. Have heard the M3 is much more aggressive all the time.
Chris Harris is for me is the only natural successor and only person capable to the original cast of Top Gear. He has the humor, the driving skill, experience and personality that fits the show. Those 2 other knobs they put beside him were cringe, unnatural and terrible for the show. Seeing them bullying him was infuriating
Whilst I appreciate the insight please consider a road drive alongside the track to give us some info as to what it will drive like in everyday normal usage.
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I had the pleasure of being driven around Silverstone, at a very high rate of knots, by Chris at a Mission Motorsport beneficiary Veterans event. He was in his own E63 estate, or his dog car as he called it. He got told off for drifting past supercars by the marshals but he just got on with it. He loves a fast estate. That ride was a highlight in my life at a time when everything else was darkness. He helped me get back on the road to recovery. Thank you Sir.
This is possibly the best comment I’ve read in ages! I wish you all the very best in the future👍❤️
@@e36328isport Thank you Ian. Life is going well at the moment. Hope you & yours are all well.
@@ramblingsofafatbrokenman1211 much love man, keep on going!
Love this! ❤
I've actually driven this car, in sedan version as well. My only criticism is those seats. Being 6'4" it crushed every single outside bone in my body plus my nuts were pressed back in every time I used the brake anything more than gently. After a 30 min drive I looked and felt like unfolded teenager's laundry.
Such a relief to watch Chris review a car, just hearing his voice and the car, not overshadowed by excessive editing and loud music.
You forgot that awful Top Gear team. Chris REALLY shines on his own.
Some of his old vids I still watch over and over today.
@@gottliebdee263 he really does, although I had a gut feeling back in the day he’d end up at TG eventually. The quality of a CH review without added scripting for ‘entertainment’ is bliss to consume.
You have to appreciate Chris' great sense of fashion!
Absolutely
He went to a lot of trouble for this video.
He wore a green jumper, to match the car colour.
#makegreengreatagain
💚💚💚💚
Yes dressed for the OCCASION......not OCCASSION. He dresses better than the video uploader spells
the only thing i can find in this car vid is his beard line. make a nice line on the side (shave it). and the rest....of the vid is +1 ! :)
How WOULD one choose to dress whilst raggging the new M3 Touring?
@@pollythedog4914 is there 2 different meanings for OCCASION then...?
Its always a good day when a "Chris Harris Drives" appears in your youtube watch list, its even better when its a new M3 Touring. Thanks for all the hooning about with the epic camera work folks.
Thanks, Chris, for making us folks on the other side of the pond feel even worse about the lack of a G series estate option in the USA. We'll just have to continue to live vicariously through all of you and videos like this one are both the medicine and the disease!
This car will probably be sold around it not exclusive to Britain
No one cares about yanks
🤞🏻 yeah hopefully but no indication of that right now. Stateside we’ve got limited options. Too many woke EVs driving around
1:45 'I'm gonna go straight into being a knob' ...gotta love Chris Harris! 🤣
The video we have all been waiting for.
Agree!
True dat
The car of the moment driven by the man we all wanted to see hooning around lovely Llandow. Perfect!
The BMW CCBs are incredible, but in the wet you need to be mindful as they can take a few long seconds to clear surface water and actually bite. Had a couple of code browns when forgetting
Great review Chris, of a stunning car. I can’t believe it’s taken BMW this long to make an M3 Touring but I’m glad they have!
Was waiting for this! Fantastic film! When I see Chris Harris in the title, I click a million times faster.
They don't need to clickbait as they can just say Chris harris drive........
Man I wish they had made this car 20 years ago. Mind you I could have an E46 touring with a real engine sound made for a lot less than £100k. Fantastic review as always Mr Harris.
@autoalex building an E46 M3 Touring currently...
Harris legend!! It's been such a long wait for this car I am so happy it's amazing I just need to find £100k now 🥴
Always amazed Chris keeps suspension in Comfort at all times in M3s going back 10 years
That's because the average BMW driver believes an immensely stiff suspension and super heavy steering automatically makes the car sporty. BMW has tuned the suspension according to what most buyers want, which makes the suspension of the G80 just right for track use if you keep it in comfort mode. Sport or track mode are too stiff for the road or the race track.
Then why did they make sport mode ?
I want one with the F30 front grille, and a e28 instrument cluster 😅
Chris is in a class of his own !!!!!.
Just a brilliant honest review as always 👍🇦🇺
Love fast estates, and had lost of estates over the years, and some fairly fast ones as well. If I had the money would love one of these.
Yes chris you are the only review we want
My all year can do all car is the M4 Competition x-drive Convertible; it replaced a 992 S 4W Convertible . BMW nailed it with the new M3/4 these are superb drivers cars.
Loved seeing the M3 Touring slide around. Being in Canada I hope to just see one someday.
Yea me to here in the states .. Really enjoy your TH-cam videos
With 8 gears and 500 hp, it better pull well in 5th!
Doesn’t quite work that way 🤣
@@samthoma2719 I learned to drive in 5 gear cars. Gears have gotten closer,mostly to pull better after an up shift, and yes, produce more rotation and less heat over a test cycle.
No way men
@@Cloxxki I can’t dumb it down enough lol, enjoy 🥴😂
How casual is Chris’s driving man he’s a machine
Great video and mega to watch Chris just do his thing . But I'm sorry 100k for a family estate I couldn't careless if it had 1000bhp the world has gone mad 😂
Always a pleasure, Harris! Props for the matching shirt! MotoGP has these as medical cars during race weekends. They are quicte popular!
Been saying the same about BMW for a while now and not just full fat M. In every segment they are smashing the competition on a like for like spend. And amazingly these should end up being very reliable cars as long as you are liberal with your oil changes.
The review we’ve all been waiting for! Didn’t disappoint! Chris is the goat
The best thing of Chris Harris and the editing team have
is that they know perfectly when to shut up and let the car do the talking and when to add music
I wonder how a M2 touring would drive since it’s the new M3 size wise haha
Yeah but only on the outside, inside it’s quite small.
Good work on the car/jumper colour matching Chris.
Also love that his jumper matched the car!
I've just found this channel and I love it. It is like a car show, except it is about cars.
The car most family men have always wanted, yet most can’t afford. Myself included 😢
I love the collective agreement around G8x content to show as little of the front end as possible.
4:25 “Labrador squishing” is a great description of estate car speed!
The thing of beauty
Love this man, his passion and his reviews. Awesome stuff!
i also had one round 35 years ago ; )
Went from an rs4 to an m3 put a CSL style grille on it, lowered it, and a carbon front splitter. BMW performance and looks are 🔥 night and day all rounder vs audi and merc
100k for an m3.. i could do a lot with 100k and buying an m3 is not 1.
Thanks for sharing.
Excellent quality as ever.
Keep up the good work. 😎
£100k for an M3 is ridiculous. That’s M8 money and Chris was griping about that price when he reviewed it. It’s the depreciation which is going to bite though. They’ll be worth half that after 30/36 months.
When you raise questions like that you arent who the cars intended for....
@@JelloTypeR I would rather take this than an boring M8. Haven't driven the Touring yet but at least the normal Comp is way more fun than an M8.
@@MaCcAM40a3 yeah that's exactly the complaint lmao. The m3 used to be attainable for the middle class car enthusiast. Nowadays, noone is outright buying one cause at that price, who would? and the people who drive them are financially irresponsible idiots who can't actually afford the financing plan they're gonna be paying off for the next 8 years... Any time i see someone in a new M car it's a 24 year old guy who drops two thirds of his monthly paycheck on their car, and will continue doing so for the better part of a decade lmao.
And imagine that, in France, you'll have to pay a 50k€ "environmental tax" on top. With some extras, the thing costs up to 200 k€. For a 3 series...
I bought a 2017 M2 cause of the two great videos Chris Harris made on that car. Loved it the time it was under warranty but had to trade it in for my C7 Corvette cause I couldn't afford to keep it up without the warranty. Plus the Vette is cheaper to insure oddly !
Yeah sadly performance BMW's tend to get "borrowed" from people's driveways in the middle of the night. Recently got quotes for a brand new Golf R, £100 more a year than my lowly 2015 reg 2.0 Audi TT. A 4 year old M2 Competition was nearly double!
I absolutely love that thing!
Chris Harris you`re a Man after my own heart . I love estates cars I only have a Focus 1.5 ecoboost estate at the moment but i`ll wait a few years and search for one of these , even with the ugly front end and all , at a price i can afford . Will you please please team up with Clarkson & co it would be the ultimate car show .
High praise. I want one. But the sticker price is outrageous. With finance costs having shot up, I wonder how many they can sell. I’ll be waiting for the used market to get going before dipping my toe I think.
In addition to potentially being the best all-rounder, i'd certainly say it's likely the best 'i don't care what it looks like, when I'm inside it and it drives this well' car too. It's all bloody wrong to look at, that thing (though the bigger arse saves it a little). But... If you could, you would. Still. Because of what it is, and what it offers.
It looks gorgeous imo
@@kole081 and that's totally fair enough. Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that!
I think BMWs have gotten uglier over the years, with the current generation being by far the ugliest.
@@rallymaniac92 like the F90 CS f.ex.?
@@peterhammer6915 I wouldn't say that's the ugliest model, I was thinking more iX, 2023 7 series, and perhaps a couple of others.
That green is sublime
I would love to see a comparison of the M3 Touring and the X3M
The red detail on the flappy paddles is something I didn’t know I needed in my life. Very satisfying view.
M3 vs RS4 - which you picking?
Still my favorite!!!! Chris and BMW !👍
Good man for wearing a green shirt while reviewing this green monster
You have one of the best jobs in the world. Miss you and Rory on top gear tbh
Awesome, the camera view from the boot is great. Does it skid in 4wd?
Chris, wonderful video, I’m liking these reviews. Also, it was great to meet you in Ontario last year, I could tell you were really into cars when I asked you about Toyota and Subaru’s new 86/BRZ. I was wondering if you would ever get a go in that car and film a piece on it? I’ve seen Jethro drive it for EVO, itching to see you do the same.
I always get excited seeing Chris' videos like this....until I realize I live in the US where our estates are 9" taller so they are appropriately equipped for the treacherous Whole Foods run.
Finally!!! Thanks Chris
Well it is good that Chris likes it. I thought it a bit to game boy and lardy game boy at that. I'm surprised he finds it comfortable too. It seems M division are full of surprises.
i think it looks great, especially in that colour
Love this an been seeing home built ones for years, take 330 shell fit a whole m3 (most seem to be stolen)
Dream car! Wish we could get these in America! Even the diesel bmw wagons are sick!
Amazing … I’ve been saying the same thing for 25+ years !! Finally - Bravo BMW 👍🏼
Such a shame these feel so short, more engine noise pls. Otherwise, superb
Chris climbing through the back is the kind of journalism I came here for
Cannot wait for the next episodes hope they get what’s coming for them
I don't know if I'm getting used to it by now, but somehow that front end looks more palatable with the estate body
Took the words out of my mouth. Wierd aint it?
Just seen him in Cheltenham driving this.
Chris Harris is in my opinion one of the best motoring journalist ever. He says I'm in fifth gear and it feels like I'm in third. 😅 It just goes.
Love it inside and have been big fan of the exterior too since launch. Its a joy to look at in the flesh. Photos do it no justice at all.
Love the way it drifts
The only review of this car that is relevant really
I like watching this video purely to see an estate vehicle being thrown round a track. One of mans great achievements.
0:01, I'm sold
Chris Harris, top tier automotive reviewer
Labrador squishing got me... thanks for that!
Thank you BMW!!!!!! You guys are bad ass!!!! Thx for not forgetting the family man!! or women
The M3 Touring is the best one car garage ever. I know the grilles are horrible, but if I had to love a car with that grille THIS is the only way to make me do it 🥰❤️
Man, I've been waiting so long for this video
Yes. I need this so much.
Chris Harris and an M3 💪💪
Is it too stiff for a daily though I wonder. I have a Giulia QV and am toying with the idea of going G80 next but I feel like the Alfa has struck the perfect balance between comfort and sport across its suspension settings. Have heard the M3 is much more aggressive all the time.
Chris is really the last great car presenter.. also this M3t is an absolute dream car.. imagine it in dark blue/grey or black with silver rims
GODDAMN! - I am loving this channel.
Please keep the vids coming....
Great. Now do the B3 touring plz.
G8X M3/M4 in it's best form.
Chris Harris is for me is the only natural successor and only person capable to the original cast of Top Gear. He has the humor, the driving skill, experience and personality that fits the show. Those 2 other knobs they put beside him were cringe, unnatural and terrible for the show. Seeing them bullying him was infuriating
BMW bring it to the USA - I’ll buy it!!!
The M3 Touring: putting the boot in.
audi is probably having a meeting after the release and how do we make the RS6 keep up with the BMW M3 wagon? and how does it affect sales
Whilst I appreciate the insight please consider a road drive alongside the track to give us some info as to what it will drive like in everyday normal usage.
please do a Alpina B5 Touring review as well.
After watching Chris's new M2 video, BMW really have you spoiled for choice in the M family
So matching t shirts a thing now for chris 😂 blue for Maserati mc20 and now this . Can’t wait to see what comes next.
Still gotta give it to the most recent RS6 AVANT.
Yes, is the greatest around ever, and the only car you’d ever need
if this had the dashboard of the "normal" m3 it would be a perfect car for me, just can't get over those merc screens
Congrats Chris and the car you wanted and what we all want.... the m3 estate
Been looking for this video for ages
Only about time!!!!
Whoop there it is!!! 💚
The number plate actually makes the front look better
Beautiful badge.
The end.
M5 CS or M3 Touring? Tough!
Would have been nice to see it put a hot lap in in 4wd mode.