BMW 3-Series News

BMW is well on its way of offering its eDrive plug-in hybrid option on every model in its lineup. Having already shown the fuel-efficient versions of its X5 and 7-Series, the German automaker has now given us our first look at its upcoming 2-Series Active Tourer and 3-Series plug-in hybrids. They...

Some folks love old cars. Other folks prefer new cars. There's a smaller group out there that may want to drive an old car, but make it look like a more modern machine, and that's where the Hungarian firm of TMCARS comes into play. Last year, we took a look at the outfit's take on a modernized E30...

You've already heard that BMW is trotting out a handful of cars from its racing history. The cars will be fired up and tracked hard during the Monterey Motorsports Reunion event during this coming week's Monterey Car Week, which includes the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. BMW has...

BMW’s 3-Series range has just undergone its mid-cycle update, receiving a few visual tweaks, a new six-cylinder engine and a host of chassis upgrades as part of the update. Some of those changes have also made their way across to the M3 high-performance variant, which is featured in our...

Forty years on since the launch of the original 3-Series, the E21, BMW has unveiled its most advanced version of its bread-and-butter sedan and wagon yet. The updated 3-Series range goes on sale later this year, arriving in showrooms as a 2016 model. Importantly, the changes also affect the M3 and...

A BMW M3 will be the car star of 'Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation.'

The new i3 and i8 aren’t the only plug-in cars on BMW’s agenda; plug-in hybrid versions of regular models like the automaker’s sedans and SUVs are also in the works. The first is a plug-in hybrid version of the X5 SUV that is set to debut at next month’s 2015 Shanghai Auto...

BMW is working on a mid-cycle update for its 3-Series which we’re expecting on the market late this year or early next, as a 2016 model. Recently we brought you some new spy shots of the updated version of the sedan, and now we have some new spy shots showing the updated 3-Series Sports Wagon...

Due out later this year, as a 2016 model, is an updated version of the BMW 3-Series. The current generation of the popular luxury sedan was all-new for 2012, so 2016 marks the date of the car’s mid-cycle update. Today we have a new set of spy shots of a prototype for the updated sedan, with...

Next year we’ll see the first regular BMW models fitted with the advanced plug-in hybrid technology already found in the automaker’s i8 sports car, starting with an X5 plug-in hybrid which we’ve already seen in concept form. The technology, dubbed eDrive, is also destined for...

Coupe-like crossovers, carbon-bodied sportscars, urban-mode city hatchbacks--BMW can build them all, but when it gets placed in the balances and judged by its hardcore enthusiast audience, the only BMW that matters is the M3. It's the critical nuclear core of the brand and a bellwether for...

There’s nothing visually spectacular about this drag strip video featuring the 2015 BMW M3. There is no giant wreck, the engine doesn’t blow up and burst into flames—the pre-launch burnout isn’t even very impressive. But the speed and ET, on the other hand…very...

The BMW brand had a starring role in 2011's Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol, with two of its vehicles, a 6-Series Convertible and the i8-previewing Vision EfficientDynamics concept, featuring in the hit movie. Now it’s been revealed that at least one BMW vehicle will feature in...

Several nameplates on the road today have been around for decades now, but the cars on modern dealer forecourts are a far cry from their historic predecessors. Among the best-known are the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Corvette, BMW 3-Series and Honda Accord--and the eBay Motors blog has created a string...

Some brands are known for underrating their cars’ horsepower, just as others are known for overrating their cars’ gas mileage. So where does BMW land on the spectrum, or more specifically, where does the 2015 M3 land? MUST SEE: Ralph Gilles Does Massive Burnout In 2015 Challenger SRT...

The long wait for the arrival of the new M3 and M4 in showrooms is almost over, as today we have received the all-important pricing information. After exiting the market at the end of the 2011 model year, the M3 sedan returns for 2015 and sees its pricetag inflate to $62,925, which is about $6,650...

BMW makes a great range of cars these days, but for a small band of BMW enthusiasts nothing tops the marque's glory days of the 1980s. Back then, they'll tell you, BMWs were better-made, more fun to drive and styled before flame surfacing was just a glint in Bangle's eye. Of those cars, one in...

We've been eager to get behind the wheel of the new M3 and M4 since seeing them in the flesh at the latest round of auto shows, and now it looks like we know how much that will cost you: about $62,000, minimum. That's the starting price of the 2015 BMW M3 sedan in the U.S., according to documents...

When you watch someone who possesses an expert set of car control skills, you know you're in for something special. Garo Haroutounian is one such person, and he can control his BMW M3 more tightly than a Police Officer with a leash on his K9 sidekick. Haroutounian recently ran his M3 in the...

BMW’s new 2015 M3 and M4 have been some of the most talked about cars for the past several years, and now they’ve finally landed, having made their respective debuts this week at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. For those still in the dark, the M4 is essentially the replacement for the...