BMW and MINI at the 2011 Goodwood Motorsport Press Day

BMW will run two exciting vehicles up the hill at the 2011 Goodwood Motorsport Press Day on 17 March 2011. The first, the new BMW 1 Series M Coupé heralds the introduction of a high performance sports car into a compact design that extends the BMW M portfolio and paves the way for a wider audience to appreciate M car ownership. The second, the BMW M3 GTS, is the most powerful version of the high-performance M3 Coupé and features a 450hp engine that offers the ideal preconditions for use at club sport events, while still being road-legal.

Goodwood will also provide the stage for MINI to display the MINI John Cooper Works S2000 rally car – the latest milestone on the road to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). This is the forerunner to the MINI John Cooper Works WRC, which the MINI WRC Team will unveil at MINI Plant Oxford on 11th April 2011 and will debut in Rally Italy from 5 – 8 May 2011.

I like the sound of the M3

The 1 series M looks like an awseome car!
So does the M3, but i like the idea of a small performance coupe

My Festival of Speed tickets arrived this morning - hoping to get to see the MINI WRC car in action on the rally stage

That'll be fantastic to see Neil!

Hope I get some soon, really is a fantastic day out )