BMW's upcoming electric M3 has a name - report
BMW has already confirmed an all-electric M3 is in the works on the forthcoming Neue Klasse architecture, and its name now appears to have been confirmed.
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BMW has already confirmed an all-electric M3 is in the works on the forthcoming Neue Klasse architecture, and its name now appears to have been confirmed.
The name of the first electric car from the high-performance BMW M division appears to have been unearthed.
The BMW M3 will someday go electric, and thanks to a trademark application made at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (and another identical application at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office), we can now confirm what that name is likely to be: iM3.
The BMW i3 electric car will get a successor, but without the «polarizing design» of the original, the automaker's development boss said in a recent interview with Automotive News.
The i3 and i8 were prescient precursors. The i4, iX and i7 moved the idea of an all-electric BMW center stage. Now things get real, for the numbers don’t lie. The i5 replaces one of the Bavarian behemoth’s heartland cars, the 5 series, a 10-million-plus bestseller across seven previous generations since 1972.
Last year, BMW killed off the i3, its quirky electric hatchback, but it's working on a successor. Many BMW fans will be relieved to hear that it won't share its predecessor's funky looks but will instead look more traditional.