Next-Gen 3 Series Gets More Power, Quad Exhausts, and a New Badge

The G50 BMW 3 Sequence is on the best way, sporting Neue Klasse design inside and outside. However changing the lover center floor, the BMW M340i, isn’t any small feat. However we predict the next-generation G50 M350 is greater than as much as the problem. Based mostly on what we all know in regards to the BMW portfolio and spy pictures taken when the automobile was testing on the Nurburgring, we have already got various data.

For one, we’re sure BMW is dropping the “i” badging from the M350. The “i” moniker, as you may see on the present technology X3, is shifting over to electrical autos solely. Presumably, then, the G50 M340i substitute will merely be the M350. The M350 will even seemingly be accessible with both rear- or all-wheel drive. There’s a risk that some markets gained’t see a RWD model; for instance, in Europe, the place vehicles just like the RWD M240i have met their demise.

2027 BMW M350 Efficiency

Based mostly on spy pictures, the M350 will get numerous BMW M design touches. Gotta earn that badge on the again by some means, proper? The automobile’s mirrors seem to imitate what we’ve seen on the electric M3 model. So, count on M-influenced wing mirrors. Extra thrilling, maybe, is the presence of 4 exhaust ideas. This modification displays what we see elsewhere within the lineup (X3 M50). The quad exhaust retailers additionally point out the presence of a well-known pal underneath the hood: the B58 engine.

Like the present M340i, the M350 will use a gentle hybrid model of the B58 engine. Energy estimates hover round 410-415 horsepower (302 – 305 kW), or round 30 horsepower greater than the present US-spec model delivers. If the X3 M50 is any gauge to go on, the M350 might additionally tout round 428 pound-feet of torque (580 Nm). Both approach, it’s seemingly the M350 could have a minimum of the identical efficiency because the outgoing Supra A90 Final Edition, which provided 420 pound-feet (570 Nm). An eight-speed ZF computerized transmission is a holdover from the final technology. But when it ain’t broke, don’t repair it.

The 2027 BMW M350 could be seen right here clueing us in on another efficiency extras. Purple-painted M Sport brakes sit behind what are a minimum of 20-inch wheels. In actual fact, they seem to an OEM wheel we’re already accustomed to that got here on the M440i. The Type 862i wheels measure 20 x 8.5 within the entrance and 20 x 9.0 within the rear. The G20 M340i is just accessible in sizes as much as 19 inches, with the biggest diameter being 8.5 inches within the again. A bigger wheel seemingly ensures a bit extra of an influence bump.

2027 M350 Manufacturing Timeline

The 2027 BMW M350, as a part of the BMW G50 3 Sequence technology, ought to begin manufacturing in November 2026. It must also be accessible from the brand new 3 Sequence launch. The subsequent M3, chassis code G84, will comply with a lot later within the life cycle, with meeting beginning someday round July 2028.