M235i Racing Goes With BMW Vision GT Virtual Extremes (Video)

During last year, the Mercedes AMG division worked up a concept car called the Vision Gran Turismo, then it presented it at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show, but that wasn't the point, the point was that it would feature in Gran Turismo 6 on the PlayStation 3 and it wasn't the first concept created specifically for the popular driving simulator game, following similar projects by Citroën and the Red Bull Racing team, and it wouldn't be the last. 

It looks like an even more extreme version of the M235i Racing, the BMW Vision Gran Turismo concept is built on the tradition of the successful BMW touring cars of the1970s in an adrenaline pumping, even if it is strictly a virtual form. With more extreme aerodynamics than the M235i Racing and a striking take on the M division's signature’s light blue, with dark blue and red stripe over white livery.

The digital bonnet has underneath  the same 3.0L inline 6, as the M235i, but pumps out a theoretical 549hp, which is far more than the 333hp in the actual Racing version or the 320hp in the road going model. BMW also gave it an ideal 50/50 front/rear weight distribution and a curb weight of 2,600 lbs and that is nearly a 1000 pounds less than the road going M235i model, also visitors are invited to take a virtual spin at BMW Welt, after which it will presumably  find its way on your PlayStation 3, most importantly don't count on a production version to pull up in your driveway anytime soon.