Photo: RM.Design
The BMW F30 3 Series facelift will soon reach customers around the world, with the new model bringing more technical updates than visual ones. BMW even brought out the revised version at Frankfurt and we have to admit it does look better than the original.
The thing is, only the Sedan and the Touring models were on the receiving end of BMW’s attention span while the Gran Turismo and 4 Series range were left out. While we can understand why the 4 Series was left hanging, the GT is still a bit of a mystery.
Since they decided to separate the 4 Series from the 3 Series, it was only natural for BMW to keep the facelifts for the two separated. There are more discrepancies between the Coupe/Convertible/Gran Coupe 4er and the 3 Series than you might imagine at first.
Furthermore, the 4 Series was launched back in 2013 and it’s still too early to give it a facelift. The 3 Series, on the other hand, was launched back in 2011 and it was about time it received some new power plants and new tech to keep up with the competition.
The 4er will be getting its own upgrades somewhere in 2017 and by then we might as well see the same headlight and taillight design being used on it. That’s why this rendering coming from RM Design is pretty much dead on in terms of details.
The question that remains though is whether BMW will wait until then to upgrade the engine range or if they will replace the 428i and 435i models with new 430i and 440i versions earlier. As you may very well know, the 328i and 335i were pulled out of production along with the old generation of the 3 Series, the Germans offering us the 330i and 340i in their place.
Our guess is that yes, they will provide a technical update before 2017 but it will be because of CO2 emission laws that are now demanding all manufacturers use EU6 engines on their new cars and the B48 and B58 mill are offering just that. Until an official confirmation comes, though, we still have to rely on sources and rumors. Let’s just hope that we won’t see the day a 4 Series uses a 3-cylinder engine as is the case on the 318i.
Since they decided to separate the 4 Series from the 3 Series, it was only natural for BMW to keep the facelifts for the two separated. There are more discrepancies between the Coupe/Convertible/Gran Coupe 4er and the 3 Series than you might imagine at first.
Furthermore, the 4 Series was launched back in 2013 and it’s still too early to give it a facelift. The 3 Series, on the other hand, was launched back in 2011 and it was about time it received some new power plants and new tech to keep up with the competition.
The 4er will be getting its own upgrades somewhere in 2017 and by then we might as well see the same headlight and taillight design being used on it. That’s why this rendering coming from RM Design is pretty much dead on in terms of details.
The question that remains though is whether BMW will wait until then to upgrade the engine range or if they will replace the 428i and 435i models with new 430i and 440i versions earlier. As you may very well know, the 328i and 335i were pulled out of production along with the old generation of the 3 Series, the Germans offering us the 330i and 340i in their place.
Our guess is that yes, they will provide a technical update before 2017 but it will be because of CO2 emission laws that are now demanding all manufacturers use EU6 engines on their new cars and the B48 and B58 mill are offering just that. Until an official confirmation comes, though, we still have to rely on sources and rumors. Let’s just hope that we won’t see the day a 4 Series uses a 3-cylinder engine as is the case on the 318i.
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