The one-off, which is actually the 2001 ALMS championship-winning race car, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Need for Speed series

Most Wanted BMW M3 GTR, with its distinctive blue-on-silver slashy stripe livery, is among the most iconic video game cars of all time. A few real-life tributes and recreations have been made since that game’s 2005 release,

The car you’re looking at here is the #42 Team BMW Motorsport E46 M3 GTR driven by Jörg Müller and J.J. Lehto to ALMS GT Series victory in the 2001 season, and which Müller also won the drivers’ championship in. Quite some pedigree hiding under the wrap, then.

BMW has partnered with EA to bring to life one of the most iconic Need for Speed cars ever, the BMW M3 GTR from Most Wanted in 2005 which has reappeared. Check out our stories from Tech, Auto & stay updated with Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong ,

On the cover of the 2005 installment Need for Speed: Most Wanted was a blue and silver BMW M3 GTR, which can be driven in one of the game’s opening challenges before (spoiler alert) it’s lost in a street race, with the plot of the story to get it back.

BMW, in collaboration with Electronic Arts, has brought the iconic M3 GTR from the game "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" (2005) to life.

Need for Speed franchise. Feeling old yet? Throughout that time, Electronic Arts has remade not only the titula