---
title: "This Homebrew M3 Competition Wagon Build Is What BMW Should’ve Made"
description: "Does this right a historic wrong?"
date: "2020-03-27"
modified: "2020-03-27"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/32773/this-homebrew-m3-competition-wagon-build-is-what-bmw-shouldve-made"
categories:
  - "BMW News"
  - "Builds"
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "luxury"
  - "m3"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# This Homebrew M3 Competition Wagon Build Is What BMW Should’ve Made

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BMW's refusal to sell the M3 as a wagon only gets more frustrating with every new generation of the 3 Series, which admittedly keeps getting more powerful and considerably cooler through the years. Fed up with BMW's lack of vision and staling [rumors of a next-generation M3 shooting brake](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24532/rumor-suggests-bmw-is-considering-an-m3-wagon-variant-for-upcoming-g21-generation>), the wagon stans of [M Conversions](<https://m-conversions.co.uk>) have taken matters into their own hands by producing a series of custom M-spec wagons based on the second-meanest M3 ever built: the F80 M3 Competition.

Called the MCT-450, this wagon of war was born as a 2018 320d M-Sport Touring and has since been the subject of a faithful [M3 Competition](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/6023/the-bmw-m3-with-competition-package-is-hardcore-german-punk>) conversion using almost exclusively BMW parts. The only non-Bimmer components on the car are its rear fenders and bumper, which were modeled off those used on the sedan and reproduced in the wagon's style from carbon fiber.

https://youtube.com/embed/0aINOmKwaOI

Beyond that, the whole shebang's authentically M-spec; its chassis reinforcement, suspension, and powertrain all hail from the M3 Competition, meaning the MCT-450 sports a 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six that produces 444 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque. This power is plumbed to the rear wheels via a seven-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission and a limited-slip differential. Performance is most likely close to the sedan-bodied M3 Competition, meaning a zero-to-60 time of about four seconds.

![M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1585330689199-5d5b5ddc7962473ca20ad7e8d5c42eed.jpg>)
*M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon*

*, *Motorhouse via Autotrader.co.uk**

![M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1585330715159-0019908321824bfa8735de8dda6c9010.jpg>)
*M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon*

*, *Motorhouse via Autotrader.co.uk**

![M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1585330722227-b5b815b9dc594048a74e848cd7347dae.jpg>)
*M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon*

*, *Motorhouse via Autotrader.co.uk**

![M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1585330696889-103bfb8c9c4249449a76b0052635553f.jpg>)
*M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon*

*, *Motorhouse via Autotrader.co.uk**

![M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1585330754214-f9911b6d52fb4f11b3299abae52e0219.jpg>)
*M Conversions MCT-450 BMW M3 Competition Touring Wagon*

*, *Motorhouse via Autotrader.co.uk**

No more than 20 MCT-450s will ever exist, so if you're smitten with this one, you're in luck, because it's listed for sale at British exotic car dealer [Motorhouse](<https://www.motorhousecars.com>) via [*Autotrader*](<https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002016829002?maximum-mileage=30000&onesearchad=Used&make=BMW&radius=1500&postcode=ml66gh&sort=relevance&year-from=2016&model=M3&advertising-location=at_cars&page=1&fbclid=IwAR0Md2FMpXswQuA914GFSgNWSYGC_67VJqLQ5fpaJ6XzrkTLpefOfGnbuMY>). They ask £79,995, which comes out to approximately $99,000 American greenbacks. Considering [custom M5 wagons of similar rarity have sold for even more on Bring A Trailer](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1995-bmw-m5-2/>), $99k is, if anything, good value for money. You won't be able to import this MCT-450 to the United States until 2043, but you can kill time in the similarly priced [2021 Audi RS6 Avant](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32528/order-only-2021-audi-rs6-avant-super-wagon-will-start-at-110000>) until then.

*h/t:* [*Which Car*](<https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/bmw-f80-m3-competition-wagon-conversion>)

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)