Chris Harris Drives The BMW M3 Touring - The Car For Every Occasion?

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  • Опубліковано 14 бер 2023
  • Chris heads to Llandow Circuit to test out the new 500 BHP BMW (G81) M3 Touring.
    "Is this the greatest all-rounder ever?"
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  • @ramblingsofafatbrokenman1211
    @ramblingsofafatbrokenman1211 Рік тому +872

    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.

    • @e36328isport
      @e36328isport Рік тому +61

      This is possibly the best comment I’ve read in ages! I wish you all the very best in the future👍❤️

    • @ramblingsofafatbrokenman1211
      @ramblingsofafatbrokenman1211 Рік тому +33

      @@e36328isport Thank you Ian. Life is going well at the moment. Hope you & yours are all well.

    • @Toad666
      @Toad666 Рік тому +13

      ​@@ramblingsofafatbrokenman1211 much love man, keep on going!

    • @gitlyndon
      @gitlyndon Рік тому +8

      Love this! ❤

    • @TermlessHGW
      @TermlessHGW Рік тому +1

      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.

  • @Andrew-zx9wx
    @Andrew-zx9wx Рік тому +222

    Such a relief to watch Chris review a car, just hearing his voice and the car, not overshadowed by excessive editing and loud music.

    • @gottliebdee263
      @gottliebdee263 Рік тому +16

      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.

    • @a20axf
      @a20axf Рік тому +9

      @@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.

  • @Kelveron
    @Kelveron Рік тому +12

    1:45 'I'm gonna go straight into being a knob' ...gotta love Chris Harris! 🤣

  • @panher
    @panher Рік тому +196

    You have to appreciate Chris' great sense of fashion!

    • @StephenFogarty2023
      @StephenFogarty2023 Рік тому +10

      Absolutely
      He went to a lot of trouble for this video.
      He wore a green jumper, to match the car colour.
      #makegreengreatagain
      💚💚💚💚

    • @pollythedog4914
      @pollythedog4914 Рік тому +2

      Yes dressed for the OCCASION......not OCCASSION. He dresses better than the video uploader spells

    • @LeonBold
      @LeonBold Рік тому

      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 ! :)

    • @karlsumner5594
      @karlsumner5594 Рік тому

      How WOULD one choose to dress whilst raggging the new M3 Touring?

    • @andybennett1133
      @andybennett1133 Рік тому

      @@pollythedog4914 is there 2 different meanings for OCCASION then...?

  • @Adam-M1
    @Adam-M1 Рік тому +109

    The video we have all been waiting for.

  • @ElvisKremmen
    @ElvisKremmen Рік тому +55

    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.

  • @MatthewGaither
    @MatthewGaither Рік тому +44

    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!

    • @blackcatvibing
      @blackcatvibing Рік тому +3

      This car will probably be sold around it not exclusive to Britain

    • @pigupigu
      @pigupigu 9 місяців тому

      No one cares about yanks

    • @NotJustALineCook
      @NotJustALineCook 6 місяців тому +1

      🤞🏻 yeah hopefully but no indication of that right now. Stateside we’ve got limited options. Too many woke EVs driving around

  • @tommarino69
    @tommarino69 Рік тому +42

    The car of the moment driven by the man we all wanted to see hooning around lovely Llandow. Perfect!

  • @muthukumaranc
    @muthukumaranc Рік тому +26

    Was waiting for this! Fantastic film! When I see Chris Harris in the title, I click a million times faster.

    • @tabishhassan8951
      @tabishhassan8951 Рік тому +3

      They don't need to clickbait as they can just say Chris harris drive........

  • @stacyplant9327
    @stacyplant9327 Рік тому +34

    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!

  • @Sweeneybyname
    @Sweeneybyname Рік тому +9

    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

  • @daniel635biturbo
    @daniel635biturbo Рік тому +8

    I want one with the F30 front grille, and a e28 instrument cluster 😅

  • @Khemic
    @Khemic Рік тому +11

    Always amazed Chris keeps suspension in Comfort at all times in M3s going back 10 years

    • @wowdogeful
      @wowdogeful Рік тому +5

      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.

    • @kalel0192
      @kalel0192 11 місяців тому

      Then why did they make sport mode ?

  • @kip8790
    @kip8790 Рік тому +10

    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.

    • @2dcutout
      @2dcutout Рік тому +1

      @autoalex building an E46 M3 Touring currently...

  • @135eddy
    @135eddy Рік тому +2

    The review we’ve all been waiting for! Didn’t disappoint! Chris is the goat

  • @TheAslakVind
    @TheAslakVind Рік тому +1

    Always a pleasure, Harris! Props for the matching shirt! MotoGP has these as medical cars during race weekends. They are quicte popular!

  • @Amiga500_User
    @Amiga500_User Рік тому +2

    Love this man, his passion and his reviews. Awesome stuff!

    • @dschonsie
      @dschonsie Рік тому

      i also had one round 35 years ago ; )

  • @bondy284
    @bondy284 Рік тому +25

    Chris is in a class of his own !!!!!.
    Just a brilliant honest review as always 👍🇦🇺

  • @Cloxxki
    @Cloxxki Рік тому +77

    With 8 gears and 500 hp, it better pull well in 5th!

    • @samthoma2719
      @samthoma2719 Рік тому +1

      Doesn’t quite work that way 🤣

    • @Cloxxki
      @Cloxxki Рік тому +7

      @@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.

    • @pedrosousa8512
      @pedrosousa8512 Рік тому

      No way men

    • @samthoma2719
      @samthoma2719 Рік тому +3

      @@Cloxxki I can’t dumb it down enough lol, enjoy 🥴😂

  • @jamessheehy4895
    @jamessheehy4895 Рік тому +3

    Yes chris you are the only review we want

  • @DWI_Community
    @DWI_Community Рік тому +1

    Good work on the car/jumper colour matching Chris.

  • @scottryan1989
    @scottryan1989 Рік тому +2

    How casual is Chris’s driving man he’s a machine

  • @oliverhale85
    @oliverhale85 7 місяців тому

    I've just found this channel and I love it. It is like a car show, except it is about cars.

  • @carmadnab
    @carmadnab Рік тому

    Been looking for this video for ages

  • @AllenBMWDurham
    @AllenBMWDurham Рік тому +6

    Loved seeing the M3 Touring slide around. Being in Canada I hope to just see one someday.

    • @sandyvalentin3072
      @sandyvalentin3072 Рік тому

      Yea me to here in the states .. Really enjoy your UA-cam videos

  • @leefoster8015
    @leefoster8015 8 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @tighematthew
    @tighematthew Рік тому

    Man, I've been waiting so long for this video

  • @WhereBeauWouldGo
    @WhereBeauWouldGo Рік тому

    Also love that his jumper matched the car!

  • @andranslam5017
    @andranslam5017 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @deancostello14
    @deancostello14 Рік тому

    Yes. I need this so much.

  • @judstain88
    @judstain88 Рік тому

    GODDAMN! - I am loving this channel.
    Please keep the vids coming....

  • @rw1592
    @rw1592 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @johnmorrison8351
    @johnmorrison8351 Рік тому +2

    I absolutely love that thing!

  • @ifrazali2712
    @ifrazali2712 2 місяці тому

    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.

  • @adamgibbs505
    @adamgibbs505 Рік тому

    Cannot wait for the next episodes hope they get what’s coming for them

  • @truckinghell1655
    @truckinghell1655 Рік тому +7

    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 😂

  • @yankidiot
    @yankidiot Рік тому +12

    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 🥴

  • @matthewwknightt
    @matthewwknightt Рік тому

    Great video

  • @zenzelemfusi8417
    @zenzelemfusi8417 Рік тому +2

    Finally!!! Thanks Chris

  • @Gassolinebonce
    @Gassolinebonce Рік тому +1

    Awesome, the camera view from the boot is great. Does it skid in 4wd?

  • @rafikshahnazarian7632
    @rafikshahnazarian7632 Рік тому

    Great review , what a car 👌

  • @lisalouisekeen4191
    @lisalouisekeen4191 Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @danielmaia3559
    @danielmaia3559 Рік тому +16

    I wonder how a M2 touring would drive since it’s the new M3 size wise haha

    • @kip8790
      @kip8790 Рік тому +1

      Yeah but only on the outside, inside it’s quite small.

  • @chrismayhew9734
    @chrismayhew9734 Рік тому +10

    The car most family men have always wanted, yet most can’t afford. Myself included 😢

  • @358life6
    @358life6 Рік тому

    Only about time!!!!

  • @ryanhunt7052
    @ryanhunt7052 Рік тому +1

    That green is sublime

  • @mrw1160
    @mrw1160 Рік тому

    Love the way it drifts

  • @EssexCountyPhoto
    @EssexCountyPhoto Рік тому

    Beautiful badge.
    The end.

  • @nathanbull7790
    @nathanbull7790 Рік тому

    The only review of this car that is relevant really

  • @_Archambaud
    @_Archambaud Рік тому

    Good car great driver and presenter.🙏

  • @Bmontepeque11
    @Bmontepeque11 4 місяці тому

    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 🥰❤️

  • @jamdc2000
    @jamdc2000 Рік тому

    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

  • @Vgk36
    @Vgk36 Рік тому

    Still my favorite!!!! Chris and BMW !👍

  • @pascutia
    @pascutia Рік тому +1

    Good man for wearing a green shirt while reviewing this green monster

  • @shingoose6197
    @shingoose6197 Рік тому +4

    I love the collective agreement around G8x content to show as little of the front end as possible.

  • @tbz1551
    @tbz1551 Рік тому

    4:25 “Labrador squishing” is a great description of estate car speed!

  • @user-rm6cj7yj9i
    @user-rm6cj7yj9i 4 місяці тому +1

    The thing of beauty

  • @harpersneil
    @harpersneil Рік тому

    Labrador squishing got me... thanks for that!

  • @awn7775
    @awn7775 Рік тому +2

    Chris Harris and an M3 💪💪

  • @user-my4xu4gf1z
    @user-my4xu4gf1z 4 місяці тому

    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

  • @fredc9655
    @fredc9655 Рік тому +1

    G8X M3/M4 in it's best form.

  • @Ultratoast01
    @Ultratoast01 Рік тому +3

    The M3 Touring: putting the boot in.

  • @kevinoshaughnessy2752
    @kevinoshaughnessy2752 Рік тому

    Brilliant 👌🏼

  • @3enl0
    @3enl0 Рік тому +2

    Whoop there it is!!! 💚

  • @edwilko8819
    @edwilko8819 Рік тому

    Love this an been seeing home built ones for years, take 330 shell fit a whole m3 (most seem to be stolen)

  • @bubba122682
    @bubba122682 Рік тому

    Congrats Chris and the car you wanted and what we all want.... the m3 estate

  • @IanRossDavies
    @IanRossDavies Рік тому +21

    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.

    • @kole081
      @kole081 Рік тому +6

      It looks gorgeous imo

    • @IanRossDavies
      @IanRossDavies Рік тому +1

      ​@@kole081 and that's totally fair enough. Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that!

    • @rallymaniac92
      @rallymaniac92 Рік тому +1

      I think BMWs have gotten uglier over the years, with the current generation being by far the ugliest.

    • @peterhammer6915
      @peterhammer6915 9 місяців тому

      @@rallymaniac92 like the F90 CS f.ex.?

    • @rallymaniac92
      @rallymaniac92 9 місяців тому

      @@peterhammer6915 I wouldn't say that's the ugliest model, I was thinking more iX, 2023 7 series, and perhaps a couple of others.

  • @awn7775
    @awn7775 Рік тому +1

    This car is so so cool

  • @TheDarryledmonson
    @TheDarryledmonson Рік тому

    Chris you are best!

  • @Knowledge_is_Power911
    @Knowledge_is_Power911 Рік тому

    nice Chris

  • @ek8489
    @ek8489 Рік тому

    Never stop Chris, never stop.

  • @lukewaring2832
    @lukewaring2832 Рік тому +2

    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. 😎

    • @JelloTR
      @JelloTR Рік тому +1

      £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
      @MaCcAM40a3 Рік тому +1

      When you raise questions like that you arent who the cars intended for....

    • @peterhammer4644
      @peterhammer4644 Рік тому

      @@JelloTR 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.

    • @givemeajackson
      @givemeajackson Рік тому

      ​@@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.

    • @IT-fk3pp
      @IT-fk3pp 9 місяців тому

      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...

  • @rallymosm3331
    @rallymosm3331 Рік тому

    So good

  • @farturinn
    @farturinn Рік тому +2

    I would love to see a comparison of the M3 Touring and the X3M

  • @k3corvette35
    @k3corvette35 Рік тому +2

    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 !

    • @steviegee8413
      @steviegee8413 Рік тому +3

      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!

  • @martinslocombe2288
    @martinslocombe2288 Рік тому

    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 .

  • @alexg4015
    @alexg4015 Рік тому

    You have one of the best jobs in the world. Miss you and Rory on top gear tbh

  • @e.heckscher1576
    @e.heckscher1576 Рік тому

    Great. Now do the B3 touring plz.

  • @WhereBeauWouldGo
    @WhereBeauWouldGo Рік тому

    Dream car! Wish we could get these in America! Even the diesel bmw wagons are sick!

  • @Goggleboxdreams
    @Goggleboxdreams Рік тому

    I like watching this video purely to see an estate vehicle being thrown round a track. One of mans great achievements.

  • @uisperfectemail9720
    @uisperfectemail9720 Рік тому

    Harris, great job getting your contracts straighten out and back on the Tube!

  • @stephenpage-murray7226
    @stephenpage-murray7226 Рік тому

    Nice station wagon!

  • @WayApp
    @WayApp 2 місяці тому

    Beauty

  • @selahaddina.u.b.479
    @selahaddina.u.b.479 Рік тому

    please do a Alpina B5 Touring review as well.

  • @machspeed8153
    @machspeed8153 Рік тому

    Chris Harris, top tier automotive reviewer

  • @rokaxiv
    @rokaxiv Рік тому +5

    i think it looks great, especially in that colour

  • @TheBarnster75
    @TheBarnster75 Рік тому +1

    Just seen him in Cheltenham driving this.

  • @Chris-yg3nj
    @Chris-yg3nj 4 місяці тому

    After watching Chris's new M2 video, BMW really have you spoiled for choice in the M family

  • @lucatrinchera96
    @lucatrinchera96 Рік тому

    Apparte sto verde orrendo! Bella e ottima auto

  • @robi4387
    @robi4387 Рік тому

    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.

  • @dcxxx6850
    @dcxxx6850 8 місяців тому

    Amazing … I’ve been saying the same thing for 25+ years !! Finally - Bravo BMW 👍🏼

  • @xClose2Deathx
    @xClose2Deathx Рік тому +3

    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.

  • @SamBao
    @SamBao Рік тому

    0:01, I'm sold

  • @ryanclubb1187
    @ryanclubb1187 Рік тому

    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?

  • @AliasHSW
    @AliasHSW Рік тому

    Almost spitted my Coca-Cola when CH referenced Travolta 😆!

  • @996mozes
    @996mozes Рік тому

    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

  • @PrinceBarin77
    @PrinceBarin77 Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @shughes911
    @shughes911 Рік тому

    Thank you BMW!!!!!! You guys are bad ass!!!! Thx for not forgetting the family man!! or women

  • @ThePlayahans
    @ThePlayahans Рік тому +1

    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

  • @classiccarssp
    @classiccarssp Рік тому

    I remember when his favourite bmw was the E46 M3... time moves on! 😅