The M340i Is Gone. BMW’s Engineers Walk Us Through The 443 PS M350 xDrive And Its Coming Drift Mode
The G50 BMW M350 xDrive replaces the M340i with 326 kW (443 PS), all-wheel drive only, and a rear-drive mode coming by OTA update.
The G50 BMW M350 xDrive replaces the M340i with 326 kW (443 PS), all-wheel drive only, and a rear-drive mode coming by OTA update.
The M340i successor gains 69 hp, standard adaptive M suspension, and a drift mode arriving via update.
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