A few real-life tributes and recreations have been made since that game’s 2005 release, but now, BMW has done up an official Most Wanted-style E46 using a real V8-powered M3 GTR race car.

The E46 BMW M3 GTR was the hero car of 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The ninth installment of the game focused on street racing once again, with the player competing with 15 other elite ...

BMW has made a real-life version of one of the most iconic Need for Speed cars, the M3 GTR from Most Wanted. Details here.

“Most gamers will remember Need for Speed™: Most Wanted from 2005,” BMW wrote in ... M3 GTR (2001), a racing car based on the BMW M3 E46. Made by BMW M Motorsport for the American Le Mans ...

About two decades since the game's release, BMW M has finally made its own M3 GTR from the Need for Speed: Most Wanted video ...

Now, after years of private E46 M3 owners making their recreations ... and 2025 marks the 20th anniversary since the first Need for Speed: Most Wanted game graced our screens.