BMW M3 BY BJÖRN SCHMIDT.

B. Schmidt: The BMW M3 was already fascinating to me when I didn’t have a driver’s license. As a teenager it was simply THE dream to own and drive a BMW M3. However, this goal also appeared to be so far away when I obtained my driving license – first as a pupil and later as a student. One experience was particularly formative for me: in August 1993 I had just turned 18 and visited the Oldtimer GP at the Nürburgring with friends. There, I was allowed to enjoy a lap in a race-taxi, which was then a BMW M5 (E34) and I was really surprised at how fast the M5 could be moved around the Nordschleife. In addition to this, I’ll also never forget the Avus Blue BMW M3 (E36), whose young driver was waiting for admission at the entrance. I really wanted to be the driver myself.

I feel that being able to individually customise a vehicle is especially important for someone like me, who doesn’t purely see a vehicle as a means of transport but considers it an opportunity to bring one’s own personality to the fore. If you have your own signature in the interior trim and on the carbon strut in the engine compartment, you know that this very personal M3 has been built just for you. I think it’s great that BMW M, with its individual equipment, has given me the opportunity to be so involved in the personalisation of my M3.

After it turned out that the M3 would become Frozen Dark Grey metallic on the outside, it was also clear that the interior would have to be red in the style of my old E92 (space grey/fox red). Dark grey and red is a classic colour combination. Originally, I considered an interior completely in Mugello Red, but I wasn’t sure from the outset whether this would be a little too red. Then, I happened to see a picture of the interior of an M4 in Bicolour Black / Mugello Red in the current “Manufaktur Lookbook” and was immediately thrilled.