BMW 3 Series

Battle lines are drawn. The 2027 BMW 3 Series and the 2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class are back for another round of the most famous rivalry in the executive saloon world. Both arrive freshly reworked, both chase the same buyers and both want to own your driveway. Only one can take the …

The BMW 320d is heading for the exit. Two separate BMW spokespeople have confirmed to Motor1 and its German edition that the eighth-generation 3 Series will not be offered with a diesel engine in Europe. The change bites with the 2027 model year car. For a badge that spent decades …

The BMW 3 Series has been the load-bearing wall of the brand for half a century, and BMW has just spent accordingly. Around two billion euros has gone into readying its German plants for the eighth-generation car. Roughly half went into the vehicle plants at Munich and Dingolfing. The other …

Half a century in, the 3 Series has finally split in two. The new BMW M350 xDrive tops the combustion side of the eighth-generation range, and it does so with a 3.0-litre straight-six making 443 hp and 580 Nm. That is 69 hp more than the car it replaces. A …

The new BMW 3 Series has been engineered to leave a lighter mark long before it turns a wheel. BMW has applied the same sustainability playbook to both the battery-powered i3 and the combustion saloon, covering raw materials, factories, daily driving and eventual recycling. During development, supply-chain emissions fell by …