The real-life car is built on the #42 Team BMW Motorsport E46 M3 GTR driven by Jörg Müller and J.J. Lehto in the 2001 ALMS GT Series ... since the original Need for Speed title was released ...

I don’t think it’s hard to argue that the Need For Speed: Most Wanted ... to see brought to life: The BMW E46 3 Series cars, including the M3, all famously run inline six-cylinder engines ...