3 Series [Official] BMW 3 Series (G20)


The BMW 3 series is a line of compact executive cars manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. BMW's best selling model, it is the successor to the 02 series. Since 2013, the coupé and convertible models have been marketed as the 4 Series. The M version of the 3 series, the M3, debuted with the E30 M3 in 1986.
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Grille is most likely wrong, but this looks spectacular.

You can't go wrong with a 3er. Unless you have 3 kids or something and need the extra space, a 320d is simply the perfect car.
 
New bumper is excellent, but I am not sure about those new lights and will have to see them in person. Still better than the M3 though.
 
This looks otherwise accurate but it doesn’t make sense to me that the grille is unchanged from the pre-lci model. I mean, they’ve gone through the trouble of redesigning the headlights which is the expensive bit with all the type approvals, but left the grille as-is even though that would be the cheapest part to change
 
As already observed, the new inverted DRLs look like it has the upper whites of the eyes exposed, which is a typical feature of power-seeking psychopaths

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Damn, didn't know your love for the brows run so deep. We've had those for 20 years now so something new is most welcome indeed.

I mean, they’ve gone through the trouble of redesigning the headlights which is the expensive bit with all the type approvals, but left the grille as-is even though that would be the cheapest part to change

What you mean is based on what?
They were redesigning the graphics either way, as they do with near every facelift. They just took away the cut-out in the lower part, for the rest the lights are identical.
Doesn't sound expensive at all. I'm not saying they're not changing the grille too, because that too is cheap.
 
Damn, didn't know your love for the brows run so deep. We've had those for 20 years now so something new is most welcome indeed.



What you mean is based on what?
They were redesigning the graphics either way, as they do with near every facelift. They just took away the cut-out in the lower part, for the rest the lights are identical.
Doesn't sound expensive at all. I'm not saying they're not changing the grille too, because that too is cheap.

headlights are integrated units. They changed at least the DLR parts from “eye bags” to “eye brows”, which means the headlight unit needs to go through EU type approval again. I remember Sergio Marchionne saying once that changing the headlights of the Alfa 4C from the spider-like LED’s (in the coupe) to a fully integrated unit (in the spyder) cost them 4 million euros.
 
headlights are integrated units. They changed at least the DLR parts from “eye bags” to “eye brows”, which means the headlight unit needs to go through EU type approval again. I remember Sergio Marchionne saying once that changing the headlights of the Alfa 4C from the spider-like LED’s (in the coupe) to a fully integrated unit (in the spyder) cost them 4 million euros.

The investment was going to happen either way, because changing the light graphics usually is one of the highlights of a BMW facelift. A new grille will need to go through approvals as well. Probably even crash tests.
 

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, abbreviated as BMW is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945.

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