2022 BMW M3 Touring teased

BMW has previewed the rear half of its new 2022 BMW M3 Touring as part of an ad for a new website for its M performance division.

Posted on the car-maker's social media channels, the short video entitled 'A BMW M Town Story' features the wagon which is based on the new sixth-generation BMW M3.

Fast-forward to the 1:20 mark to see the Audi RS 4 rival completely undisguised, with the BMW M3 Touring shown parked up and boot open with BMW M boss Markus Flasch sitting there reading the Lap Times.

From our very first glimpse, it's clear the car-maker's first-ever M3 wagon will sport a completely redesigned rear bumper that now incorporates a pair of quad pipes, prominent diffuser and repositioned reflector strip that moves from horizontally below the rear lamps to a new vertical position.

Up front, earlier spy shots suggest the M3 Touring will get the same over-sized kidney grille design as the BMW M3 and M4, plus flared front and rear fenders to accommodate wider front and rear tracks.

Large 19-inch wheels, meanwhile, conceal huge brakes developed to cope with what was once supercar levels of performance.

We already know that the first small M wagon in 34 years of the M3 will come powered by the same 375kW/600Nm twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder as the Competition versions of the M3 sedan and M4 coupe.

There's no official confirmation if a less powerful 353kW rear-drive manual transmission Pure variant will also be available later on, but the safe money is lack of demand will rule it out.

Expect then for BMW M to only offer the M3 wagon with the full-fat power output, an eight-speed automatic transmission and its xDrive all-wheel drive system.

Set to be unveiled next year, the M3 wagon has already been confirmed for the Australian market and is tipped to launch here in 2022.

When it arrives, the M3 Touring will square up to fight both the 331kW Audi RS 4 Avant and the 375kW Mercedes-Benz C 63 S Estate.

There's no word yet on how much of a premium BMW will place on the $154,900 charged for the M3 Competition sedan, but the wagon version of the regular 3 Series is around $3000 dearer than the equivalent sedan.

Also featuring in the M Town ad is the wonderful M3 ute but, overall, we think the bizarre film for BMW's new microsite and community hub misses the mark by miles – and if you think the ad is awful, the film featuring an original BMW M635i CSI/M6 will positively give you nightmares.