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One-off tribute BMW M4 SVL DTM champion edition. Picture: Bimmer World.

South African racer honoured with one-off tribute BMW M4

One of the perks for defending DTM champion Sheldon van der Linde is a one-off tribute BMW M4 road car.

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One-off tribute BMW M4 SVL DTM champion edition. Picture: Bimmer World.

It’s a right of passage and a wonderful honour if you are DTM champion. The winning marque celebrates its achievements with a one-off tribute car sold to the public in limited numbers. To commemorate the 2022 championship, BMW has done exactly that for South African racer, Sheldon van der Linde, with a one-off tribute BMW M4 road car.

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One-off tribute BMW M4 SVL DTM champion edition. Picture: Bimmer World.

Just 9 units of the 2023 DTM Edition BMW M4 will be built and they reflect Van der Linde’s car number and livery, with some lovely “SVL 31” touches throughout, the South African racer posted to Instagram yesterday.

It will be offered exclusively in yellow and red, with black flashes around the body, which replicates the Shell sponsorship on his Schubert Motorsport DTM racing machine. There is no additional power on offer from the twin-turbocharged six-cylinder engine. Although it’s not like the two-wheel drive M4 needed any more power.

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Sheldon van der Linde is in his one-off tribute BMW M4 SVL DTM champion edition. Instagram.

Other signature features of the one-off tribute BMW M4 are the vented carbon fibre bonnet and flared body work for more aerodynamic downforce. Peppered throughout are black character swages that meet the eye-catching yellow and red paintwork. Of course, those large M kidney grilles are unmistakable from the front view.

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Sheldon van der Linde is in his one-off tribute BMW M4 SVL DTM champion edition. Instagram.

As you would expect from BMW M, there are plenty of additional M logos on this one-off tribute car. They can be found on the front wheel arches, while there is a number 31 just below the A pillar and on the rear three-quarter window, along with “SVL” and “DTM Champion 2022,” dropped in liberally.

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The SVL DTM Edition is also fitted with 20-inch light-alloy wheels, a black front splitter, a black side skirt blade, carbon front flaps, carbon mirror caps, a rear spoiler and a carbon diffuser insert from M Performance. On the inside, the door sills bare Sheldon van der Linde’s autograph.

Further exclusive M Performance parts include the Alcantara steering wheel, Alcantara handbrake lever gaiter, and further SVL DTM touches.

One-off tribute BMW M4 SVL DTM champion edition. Picture: Bimmer World.

Best of all, the nine future owners will enjoy race track driver training with the reigning DTM champion himself.

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