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Old 05-17-22, 03:36 PM
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BMW is continuing to keep the 3 Series up to date with the luxury sedan's latest refresh. The 2023 3 Series has been given freshened styling as well as new screens for instruments and infotainment.

The front sees the majority of the redesign. The headlights have been simplified, losing the little extensions along the lower edges. The lighting elements have been changed, too. The front bumper and lower grilles are also new, as is the rear bumper. All the changes give the car crisper edges and flattened planes for a more geometric shape like the iX electric crossover. Now standard are black accents and trim on the outside, and there are some new colors and wheel designs. If you opt for the M340i, it will come with throwback BMW Motorsport roundels on the front, rear and wheels to celebrate the 50th anniversary of BMW's M division.

Also inspired by the iX are the instrument and infotainment screens. The instrument display is 12.3 inches, and the infotainment screen is 14.9 inches. They're both housed in a curved display panel that sits atop the dashboard. This has also resulted in redesigned center air vents. Furthermore, BMW has fitted a new shifter. A couple of new features are also included, such as three-zone automatic climate control and cloud-based navigation.

Otherwise, the 3 Series is pretty much all carryover. It's again available with a standard turbocharged four-cylinder, a turbo straight six or a plug-in hybrid turbo four. Rear-wheel drive is standard, with all-wheel drive available. Only an eight-speed automatic is available as a transmission. Pricing hasn't been set, but expect it to be announced close to the July on-sale date for the new 3 Series.
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Such a perfectly sized car.
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Nearly all the console buttons have been removed, I'll miss some of those easy-to-use controls. I do like the shifter switch pulled from the iX vs the 'club' shifter


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Doesn't look great... they pretty much added a grille below the grille lol. That middle portion of the rear diffuser is also a head scratcher...

Car manufacterers just need to stop with glued on tablet look, makes the whole interior look and feel cheap.
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Is this electric?
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Doesn't look great... they pretty much added a grille below the grille lol. That middle portion of the rear diffuser is also a head scratcher...
Agreed. 3 series peaked with the E46.

Current gen is totally unappealing. Wouldn't even consider one.
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This could have been a total disaster! Count our blessings…
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This could have been a total disaster! Count our blessings…
Yeah, count me surprised that they didn't slap on the beaver teeth from the M3.
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Yeah, count me surprised that they didn't slap on the beaver teeth from the M3.
Nothing wrong with beavers.
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Originally Posted by EZZ
Nothing wrong with beavers.


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Hit and miss.
Front appears elegant, but the rear diffuser is overdone. Pointed arrow gauges look strange.
The big box screens do look cheap and tacky. I guess the days of a graceful, hooded instrument binnacle are coming to a close across the board.
Can any manual shifting be done with that tiny toggle shifter? Or is it only reserved for the steering paddles?
One of my favorite color combos is the above. Cement gray with a dark red interior.


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Originally Posted by Hoovey689
Nearly all the console buttons have been removed, I'll miss some of those easy-to-use controls. I do like the shifter switch pulled from the iX vs the 'club' shifter


That sux. My '14 3-Series has 8 Preset buttons that can be programmed as shortcuts, not just for radio presets. I use them for phone speed dial, shortcut to messages or tire pressure, as well as SXM preset stations. It's a great feature that they definitely should have kept.
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Originally Posted by Hoovey689
Nearly all the console buttons have been removed, I'll miss some of those easy-to-use controls. I do like the shifter switch pulled from the iX vs the 'club' shifter


disaster.

giant rectangle screen cluster is just that, a cluster.

acres of silver plastic... fail.

weird main gauge cluster look.

ugh

what does LCI mean?
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There's actually very little silver plastic (might not be any). Nearly everything you see there is real aluminum, in a combination of smooth matte and textured. The old one had a little bit of silver plastic on the side of the shift ****, and I'm not sure about the five buttons below the center vents.

LCI stands for Life Cycle Impulse, which is BMW's name for a mid-cycle refresh.
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Originally Posted by geko29
There's actually very little silver plastic (might not be any). Nearly everything you see there is real aluminum, in a combination of smooth matte and textured. The old one had a little bit of silver plastic on the side of the shift ****, and I'm not sure about the five buttons below the center vents.

LCI stands for Life Cycle Impulse, which is BMW's name for a mid-cycle refresh.
thanks. you're telling me that swath to the right of the ugly screen is all aluminum? won't that get hotter than hades in the sun?

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