Racing driver special editions are usually rubbish. This M3 Johnny Cecotto Edition is among the exceptions 😍
versions of its GR Yaris named after its recent WRC champions Sebastian Ogier and Kalle Rovanperä. It’s a lovely gesture on Toyota’s part, and one that few manufacturers take part in these days. Mercedes, for instance, has never named one of its models after Sir Lewis Hamilton, nor has Honda done anything with its new golden boy Max Verstappen.
When carmakers do choose to mark the achievements of their factory drivers with a limited-edition car, said models are typically rubbish. Remember the Sebastian Vettel Edition Infiniti FX? Or the Fiat Seicento Sporting Schumacher Edition? These are drivers with a combined tally of 11 F1 World Championships, which you’d think would warrant something a little snazzier than dolled-up superminis and SUVs.
Somehow though, back in the late 1980s, touring car ace and former F1 driver Johnny Cecotto managed to sidestep the dodgy special edition curse when BMW decided to tie his name to a new limited-run M3. Launched in early 1989 to honour the Venezuelan’s talents behind the wheel of M3s in touring cars, the Johnny Cecotto Edition was marked out by a host of visual changes and an uprated engine that would form the basis of therange from then on. At the heart of the Cecotto Edition is the same 2.
Though it was a few horses down on the Evo II, BMW raided the model’s parts bin to give the Cecotto Edition a racier look over the standard M3. The deeper front bumper and the reworked rear spoiler were plucked from the Evo II, while the rear glass was thinner to reduce weight. The rims, meanwhile, were stretched to 16 inches and finished with metallic black centre painting that, at the time, was unique to the Cecotto model.
That, and the fact that each Cecotto Edition was marked with a plaque containing the build number in the centre console. Well, all but those destined for the Swiss market. These cars were visually identical to the Cecotto cars other European nations received, only power was slightly reduced to cater for Switzerland’s tougher emission laws and the build number isn’t noted inside the cabin.
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