The hardcore limited edition of the BMW M4 will be the official safety car of the German Touring Championship for the 2016 season.
Limited to only 700 units worldwide, the BMW M4 GTS straps an LED light bar on its roof and heads to its natural habitat to aid the DTM drivers do their job with safety.
It’s a fitting tribute too, given that BMW developed its innovative water injection system on last year’s M4 MotoGP safety car. According to the DTM rules “the DTM safety car is designed and adapted for high-performance driving on race circuits and is powerful enough to maintain the speeds at which other vehicles also participating in the event can be driven without an adverse effect on their racing capabilities.”
That shouldn’t be a problem for the M4 GTS, which is powered by a 500hp version of the twin turbo 3.0-litre straight-six engine with torque rated at 600Nm (442lb ft). 0 to 62mph comes in 3.8 seconds and the acceleration doesn’t stop until the M4 GTS reaches a limited 189mph (305km/h).
The new DTM safety car will be fitted with the -optional at no extra cost- Clubsport pack, which includes the Acid Orange cage behind the seats, six-point harnesses and a fire extinguisher.
“The BMW M4 excels through neutral handling, fantastic response and enormous power delivery starting at low engine speeds for optimum acceleration out of tight corners,” said Jürgen Kastenholz, the official DTM safety car driver since 2010. “The new BMW M4 GTS will be even better. So I will have complete trust in the car from the word go – and this is absolutely essential to be able to lead a pack of 24 DTM racing cars quickly around the circuit during the caution periods.”
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