BMW Is Spending €2 Billion In Germany To Bring The New 3 Series To Life
BMW is reshaping two Bavarian factories for a new era of combustion engines, plug-in hybrids, and EVs, while staying true to two traditional body styles: sedan and wagon.
BMW is reshaping two Bavarian factories for a new era of combustion engines, plug-in hybrids, and EVs, while staying true to two traditional body styles: sedan and wagon.
The electric BMW i3 M60 gets a raised spoiler with two large cutouts, while the M350 adds quad carbon fiber tips and a piano black lip.
The purely electric i3 doesn't spell the end for the plug-in hybrid, as BMW plans to combine a gas tank and battery pack for the 3 Series G50.
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.
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The electric i3 gets up to 21-inch wheels, a 17 mm longer wheelbase and 30 fewer liters of trunk space than the gas G50 3 Series.
The G50 M350 xDrive gets quad exhaust tips, a Panoramic Vision display and a 437-hp B58, but weighs about 420 lbs more than the M340i.
BMW reinvents the 3 Series for the Neue Klasse era, giving its sports sedan a radical transformation from the G20 to the G50 while aligning the gas-powered car with the electric i3.
For the first time since 1985, BMW is selling the 3 Series without a diesel engine. The new sports sedan will be offered with gas engines and a plug-in hybrid powertrain, alongside the fully electric i3.
The M340i successor gains 69 hp, standard adaptive M suspension, and a drift mode arriving via update.
At long last, we finally know when the wraps are coming off the 3 Series G50. Depending on where you live, the reveal actually happens on September 29.
BMW is using more secondary materials across the new 3 Series Sedan (G50), with around 70% of the hood made from recycled aluminum.