We’ve already seen the new 3 Series a ton since its debut just this morning. However, we can’t really get enough, as it is the 3 Series after all, the brand’s most important, best-selling car and the car that really created the segment. So when a new one dawns, it’s very exciting. Which is why we’re bringing you even more live photos of the new G20 3 Series from the Paris Motor Show.
The car in question is wearing the new 3er’s M Sport package. We feel that this is the best looking variant of the new 3 Series. Not the BMW M340i, either, but a standard 3er with the M Sport package looks the best. It’s just the best combination of sporty but subtle looks. It looks just sporty enough without looking crazy, like the M340i.
Sure, its M Sport bumper and front air intakes makes it look a bit like a G30 5 Series but it’s not identical and its new headlights really spice the front end up. They just look fantastic, with those little notches. I can’t help but think of the E46 3 Series when I see them and only good things come from thinking about the E46.
Inside is where the new G20 3 Series changes most from its F30-generation predecessor. It’s far more modern looking, packed with much more technology and it’s even sportier looking, while becoming more premium. Material and build quality are both up inside this new G20, as are interior space and technology. The new iDrive system looks great and is easily the best in the segment and BMW’s new digital instrument panel is excellent, even if it lacks a bit of the functionality of Audi’s Virtual Cockpit.
In person, the new G20 3 Series looks superb and we can’t wait to give it a drive on the road and track to see what it’s really made of.
I am SAD, really SAD, the virtual cockpit of the all new BMWs has abandoned the one of the biggest tradition of the brand. Its rounded intrument cluster. You may have thousand of explanations but this is really, really sad for us. You should at least keep an option. What is that awful tachometer on the contrary? Like some Chevrolet of the past. The digital cluster of the 5-seires, that keeps the tradion wasn’t digital enough???
As a lifetime BMW fan this is really a very sad day for me. The cluster is way too important for me to pretend it is ok this way. I think I will by a 2017 5-Series with gorgeous traditional digital instruments and keep for life.
You can still spec the round instrument cluster…
I’m hoping also that you can spec the M340i without that awful matrix grille and all that bronze shit. If not then it’s a shame you have to look like a complete plonker for wanting to drive a 6 cylinder BMW.
well the M perf part is a black kidney like an active one that opens when it needs more air so i think you can install that one on the M340i but it will be fully gloss black
That’s not why.
In Europe, yes. You can. In Brazil, we can’t. The cars are produced here by BMW with packages. If I want a top of the line 330i for example I am sure I will never be able to get the round cluster. This horrible wrond-sided tachometer will be standard in it. In Brazil, I will only be able to get the round cluster in a basic 320i with no package on it. Sad!
If you’re driving an automatic why does a tachometer matter?
Luxury cars without these are outdated. They want to sell cars, not appeal to the .001% of fans who want halogens and a stick shift.
I am not telling WITHOUT. The 5-series has a beautiful digital cluster with the traditional BMW signature. Now the tachometer goes to the other side, that’s really awful.
buy a 2001 bmw if you want that.. lol
I’m sure its one of those things that we can easily get use to, i wouldn’t say its a “deal-breaker”
new cluster is better than traditional
She’s a beaut.
I don’t think I like it
ONE thing i dont like about this car is. the ambient lighting is great but why cut it off in the dash i wish it would flow to the drivers side its like all the lighting is for the passenger? it should continue the light strip under the airvent control thing and stop near the steering wheel.. like it is in the 6 GT 5 series X5 7 series.. even the old 3 series has ambient lighting under that section.. maybe i will have to see it in person but just looks weird cut off in pics
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