Vehicle Type Solid real-world fuel efficiency, pleasing handling and steering, pleasing performance, a high-class feel to the cabin, and great overall design. Luxury Compact Sedan / Wagon History/Description The BMW 3 Series is one of the most popular luxury vehicles on the planet, and a total re-vamp for model year 2012 launched

The electric revolution is upon us, my friends, and it’s even infiltrating the hallowed ground of popular cars like the BMW 3 Series. In truth, it’s nothing new; the previous 3 Series could also be had in electrified format. But BMW didn’t sell a ton of them, and this 2021 BMW 330e is redesigned and doesn’t just offer the updated styling and t

Styling Never one to shy away from filling every single possible niche, BMW is offering a glut of options for people shopping its benchmark 3 Series line of compact luxury cars. The 3 Series sedan and five-door Touring are easy to rationalize, but the Gran Turismo is more challenging, especially in the sheet metal. The swooping roofline and sh

If you can't beat the spy photographers, join them. That's what BMW is doing, releasing camouflaged shots of the upcoming new 3 series. And they're giving out some new details, too, like a new four-cylinder engine that will make somewhere north of 255 hp. The photos come from testing on legendary toll road and racetrack the Nurburgring in German

BMW has just taken the wraps off of an all-new 3 Series sedan at the Paris auto show. The company's best-selling model gets longer, wider, and adds a compact sedan-load of new tech. Oh, and it'll let you choose a name for the virtual assistant. But be creative. Don't just pick JARVIS. At first glance, you'd be forgiven for not realizing that thi

FARO, Portugal – The BMW 3 Series is an icon. It’s a pioneer of the sports sedan movement and having sold over 15 million since 1975, one that remains consistently popular with fans, current owners, and future owners alike. Through seven generations, the Bavarian marque has refined, refined, and refined further, always facing the challenge of ensur

BMW says 2019 will see the company resume building its 3 Series sport sedan in North America with the opening of its second factory on this continent, located in San Luis Potosi Mexico. The company marked the start of construction yesterday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The German automaker, the latest in a line to establish a manufacturing pr

BMW has expanded its popular 3 Series lineup with two new plug-in hybrid models (PHEVs), the rear-wheel-drive 2021 BMW 330e and all-wheel-drive 330e xDrive. Although the pure electric range or fuel economy ratings have not yet been released by Natural Resource Canada (NRCan), other global models are able to drive about 59 to 66 kilometres on bat

It’s not easy being King. Especially when the enemies are scaling the ramparts and you’ve, er, gone a little soft in the bottom. Oh, BMW 3 Series, it’s not your fault. Lay the blame at the feet of all those courtly minions who, when making you over for 2012, decided the masses didn’t want their King to be quite so cut. They thought you’d be better

The hugely popular BMW 3 Series Sedan is typically held up as the poster boy for this market segment, and rightfully so. These days, however, a 3 Series has scores of competitors, if a Bimmer doesn’t turn your crank. This review also takes a closer look at Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Lexus IS. Other premium compact sports sedans you might al

BMW is letting more new 3 Series news trickle out. This time it's the electrified version. The upcoming 330e gets 50 percent more range and even more power on demand than the old model. The new 3 Series is longer, wider, and lighter than before. In M340i mode, it's massively more powerful too. Now it gets greener with the plug-in hybrid 330e. St

While North America's automotive marketplace is awash in wagon-like vehicles of various stripes – from mainstream compact hatchbacks to luxury CUVs to hulking eight-passenger SUVs – the classic sedan-based wagon is as rare these days as hen's teeth. The classic sedan-based wagon is as rare these days as hen's teeth. Not counting jacked-

The Genesis G70 has received plenty of praise since it launched as part of Hyundai’s plan to take on the likes of Lexus and BMW with a luxury brand of its own. The sedan certainly has its work cut out in a shrinking segment filled with well-regarded rivals – BMW alone sold 5,908 3 Series sedans in Canada last year, while the Audi A4 and best-s

Out of an "abundance of caution," BMW Canada is recalling more than 80,000 vehicles to fix positive crankcase ventilation valves that could catch fire, even if the vehicle's not driven. A heating element for the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve -- an emissions control component that relieves pressure buildup in the engine and prevent

It’s official. With BMW pulling the plug on manual-equipped, rear-wheel-drive 3 Series for North America in 2019, the sport sedan is dead. It was a good run: 50 years exactly, if you count the sport sedan’s opening bookend to be the 1968 introduction of BMW’s 2002. Sure, the Brits had a few “super saloons” before then, and BMW itself was already