The newest member of the legendary Competition Sport family has arrived: The 2024 BMW M3 CS. It packs a 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six with 543 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque. That’s an increase of 70 horsepower over the standard M3 and 40 hp over the M3 Competition. Its repertoire of skills includes blitzing backroads, romping road courses, and doing zero to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds—quite impressive for weighing nearly 4,000 pounds.
Like all CS cars, the new model will be produced at BMW Group Plant Munich in limited numbers. While production will start in March of this year, no specific on-sale date was offered regarding units destined for the United States. Pricing, however, was revealed, and picking up one of these feisty Ms will set you back $119,695, including a $995 destination fee.
With that painful bit out of the way, let’s look at some of the goodies that make the 2024 BMW M3 CS worthy of its price tag, if such a thing is even possible.
Styling
With a moniker like CS, you can expect some pretty dramatic styling, and the new model doesn’t disappoint. Everything is amped up in the CS, with more aggressive looks courtesy of a frameless kidney grille,…
