On Apr 1st, BMW unveiled a new concept based on the current M3 Sedan. The M3 "Lightweight" is prepare to debut in June at the Nurburgring M Festival.

Initial information released by BMW were vague, we learned at the time that the M3 Sedan Lightweight will be making extensive use of carbon fiber and other lightweight parts that will reduce the overall weight of the car.

BMW too revealed that the ability output will be between the "regular" M3 and the M3 GTS, so somewhere between 420 and 450 horsepower.

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Today, German mag Machine Motor und Sport reports that the M3 Sedan volition be really marketed as …M3 GTS, only the power output for the sedan volition be "merely" 440 hp. The car will therefore sit between the M3 Sedan and the M3 Coupe GTS.

But like the coupe, the GTS sedan volition be equipped with the especially tuned DCT transmission with seven switching stages. Compared to the normal sedan, the GTS will show significantly lower weight thanks to the various components fabricated out of carbon, and also due to special lightweight components used inside the car.

According to AMS, the product version will exist presented at the Frankfurt Motor Evidence in September 2011.

[Source: AMS]