Alpina will bring the B3 Touring to Australia during the second half of 2020, offering enough power to scare M3 Competition drivers in a practical wagon body.
Based on the regular 3 Series Touring, the B3 Touring is powered by an 'S58' 3.0-litre inline-six turbocharged petrol engine making 340kW and 700Nm.
BMW has revealed a plug-in hybrid version of its compact X1 SUV, the xDrive25e.
Power in the X1 xDrive25e comes from a turbocharged 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine making 92kW and 220Nm, and an electric motor outputting 70kW and 165Nm. Combined, the two offer a peak of 165kW and 385Nm.
Top speed in pure electric mode is 130km/h, and you'll be doing 192km/h at full noise with the petrol engine cranking.
The i3 introduced BMW buyers to the idea of a BMW-branded electric car. Now, it’s done its job and it’s time to move on.
The Financial Times reports BMW won’t develop a second-generation of its first electric car, the i3.
Pieter Nota, BMW’s sales and marketing chief, told the Financial Times there’s "no specific plan for an i3 successor".
"We are now bringing electrification more to the mainstream," he said.
