2027 M3 EV (ZA0) prototype shows off revealing body style

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Double_Cleff@reddit

People like it now. Waiting for it to release and everyone to hate it to continue the cycle

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samurai1226@reddit

Can't wait for everyone stating the beavertooth was the last good BMW design... I like it in the GT3 racecar but still don't like how it looks on regular models

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I don't think that will happen, personally. The Beaver Motor Works design language has been vocally hated more than any other generation of cars I can think of in the past few decades, and rightly so in my opinion.

Even well respected publications generally go out of their way to comment on the ugliness across the board of products.

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dedboooo0@reddit

cant be worse than whatever the fuck they have now

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jse000@reddit

BMW designing an attractive vehicle, Dodge selling a Charger EV, and Hondas are all turbocharged. The end is nigh.

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samcar330@reddit

Ackxshaully honda made a new v6 not long ago

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jse000@reddit

No VTEC, doesn't count

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Ghost1k25@reddit

Dodge selling a Charger EV

More like “trying to sell”

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Mediocre-Relative-72@reddit

Oof

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jse000@reddit

That's a fair correction

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FlorydaMan@reddit

Can't be worse than their current design identity... right?

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Ran4@reddit

M4 looks good though.

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FlorydaMan@reddit

We got used to it, but the snout is horrible

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Ran4@reddit

No, it's not? Look at it: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZZuUM0kMsuw/maxresdefault.jpg

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probablyhrenrai@reddit

It's striking, but not in a way I personally enjoy. I think it's that the top of the grille is significantly higher than the line made by the top "edge" of the headlights; to me, that's a pickup-truck-only thing in my mind (and semi trucks, I suppose), and it looks out of place on a sports car.

I know it looks good to you and many others, but it's just not my cuppa tea.

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madwolfa@reddit

Maybe striking, but not good still.

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FlorydaMan@reddit

See them daily, still my opinion.

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Dazzling-Rooster2103@reddit

I think they pushed the Neue Klasse up a couple years due to the criticism...

The highly criticized X3 Face-lift is brand new for the 2025 model year, and we will be getting a brand new version of the Neue Klass X3, and 3 Series later this year/early next year...

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Marco_lini@reddit

It‘s the EV iX3 which will come in the Neue Klasse Design at first. The X3 will likely retain it‘s design untils its facelift in 2028. The X5 will get the new design after the i3.

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Unoriginal-@reddit

Even the new G60 5 series is slated for a Neue Klasse with its LCI, this generation won’t old well

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VitoXzX@reddit

I really hope this question age properly

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Lyxess@reddit

Gives me really classic bmw vibes, let’s wait and see the nose and rear though.

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GravyNeck@reddit

Really hope this isn't what the production car will look like. It doesn't look like a BMW, it doesn't look like an M3. It just looks like a lumpy, bloated Alfa Romeo

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guy_incognito784@reddit

The Neue Klasse grills remind me of a modern take on the BMW 2002 grill.

I dig it.

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Vast-Girth117@reddit

Every new design won’t look like bmw because it’s a new design BMW haven’t done before

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Users5252@reddit

The lines look pretty bmw to me

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Marco_lini@reddit

It‘ll look very close to the two concept cars and they are well identifiable as BMWs. The retro elements of the original Neue Klasse from the 1970s are typical BMW

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Big_Flan_4492@reddit

Shame they couldn't do this with the G80

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Ran4@reddit

Looks interesting, but the pricing is already absurd. New M3 starts from 120k euro, this will be as expensive as a 911.

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macgirthy@reddit

Reminds me more of a Dodge and Alfa Giulia had a baby

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MembershipNo2077@reddit

Kind of looks like my Blackwing but a bit less "sleek" and yea like a little dodge in it.

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Dazzling-Rooster2103@reddit

Honestly, dont think thats necessarily a bad thing, Dodge has made some stunning cars, and the Giulia is just absolutely gorgeous...

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Significant_Tax_3427@reddit

This is genuinely nice. Good proportions and looks properly menacing. Jury’s still out until I see it decamoed but I think this might be a win.

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rugbyj@reddit

Yeah I like it. People are saying it doesn't look "BMW" but:

It obviously is taking from some of the older BMW design language
How often do we have to rock up to a thread about how much everyone hates the current design language

Looking forward to seeing what this actually ends up as. The big thing for me is the visibility looks great, low shoulder line, open looking pillars. Gives a bit of a retro vibe.

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Captain_Alaska@reddit

How often do we have to rock up to a thread about how much everyone hates the current design language

It's not even complaining about the current design language it's just people complaining for the sake of complaining lol.

Like the other day someone was complaining about how the hoodline on the G60 5er is higher than the beltline. Not only is the G30 exactly like this but so is every other 5 Series since the E39 launched in 1995.

Or how the G chassis 4 Series looks like a Mustang from the side because it doesn't have a very defined Hofmeister kink, a statement which makes no sense considering the S550 Mustang does have a defined Hofmeister kink.

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cheezturds@reddit

The lack of Hofmeister kink really bothers me. That’s been a staple for longer than I’ve been alive. And I mean I could go on about this. Wtf are we doing here?

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KingstonEagle@reddit

A part of me really hopes BMW makes this gen of 3 series with a non EV option, I think it’s gorgeous but my area doesn’t really have a lot of electric infrastructure

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BringBackDanFouts@reddit

I don't hate it but it just looks like a fat M2.

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KellerMB@reddit

Side profile reminds me of the old IS300. Looks better than most modern bimmers.

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---4758---@reddit (OP)

I think I know why I like it so much: the c pillar is very far back and meshes into the rear ¾ of the car smoothly. Couple that with the long nose and it actually looks fantastic!

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cookingboy@reddit

Yep. As a happy owner of an i4 M50, I'm totally buying/leasing one of these when it comes out.

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xlb250@reddit

What do you mean by long nose? The A pillar base isn’t any further back than a Model 3.

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generalright@reddit

It looks good, harkens back to the old style front ends. I see potential.

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Lego_Hippo@reddit

I wonder what it'll do to current gen used pricing. Will the market just look back on it like "oh ya, that's when BMW tried something different than went back to conventional styling"

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Terryknowsbest@reddit

Yes, the C pillar placement and angle is reminiscent of E30's and E28's in a good way.

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Multifaceted-Simp@reddit

I don't like the way this looks but I'll hold off until I see it

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SaintTastyTaint@reddit

Why does the front remind me of Dodge had a baby with Mercedes?

As a lifelong BMW fan; I'm tired boss.

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cilantno@reddit

I don’t see that at all.

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SaintTastyTaint@reddit

https://www.supervettura.com/blobs/Cars/15/5367d6d6-8ca2-4b80-aaf0-d47affff0bc8.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&mode=crop

https://media.wired.com/photos/61bbc2cbb540f6bc340c4429/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Gear-Mercedes-EQS-21C0123_001.jpg

Are you blind?

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cilantno@reddit

Your brain is filling in the gaps caused by the camo in a …special way

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dcux@reddit

I got a Mitsubishi feeling from that front end.

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bauhausy@reddit

Front-end reminds me of a modernized 8th gen Mitsubishi Galant, which is not at all a bad thing because that was a very handsome sedan.

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MaroonIsBestColor@reddit

The 8th Gens kinda copied BMW looks from back then to be fair.

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SojusCalling@reddit

Opel Astra for me

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EnormousGucci@reddit

It reminds me of a dodge charger, the one that just went away not the new EV

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cheesecaker000@reddit

Yeah this looks like a Chevy Camaro to me. Not a fan of the front at all.

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hi_im_bored13@reddit

I love it. Lots of things to hate about dodge but I don't feel the grills are one of them. I think the charger (new and old srt & up) as well as the challenger looked fantastic. same thing with mercedes, lots to dislike but I think the SL & GT look great from the front

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pimfram@reddit

I'm surprised it took them this long to electrify a real M car.

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Kindly-Emergency-514@reddit

Proportions of a 2020 Toyota Corolla. Yuck.

I know it's probably going to be a pretty good car, but I just can't with the styling.

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Users5252@reddit

What's wrong with a sedan having a traditional sedan proportiob?

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Terryknowsbest@reddit

I just googled - a 2020 Corolla at the same angle doesn't have nearly as long a hood, and basically no trunk, I'm not seeing the analogy.

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strongmanass@reddit

The analogy is "__ premium car being discussed looks like [economy brand I want to use to insult it]." Actual similarity of any kind is not required.

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Terryknowsbest@reddit

It was oddly specific to a Toyota Corolla from 2020, but okay

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thisisjustascreename@reddit

Looks like a Civic

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natesully33@reddit

I like the down sloping hood - with no need to accommodate an engine, why have a high hood killing your visibility?

I feel like the next set of BMW BEVs are gonna be really good cars, though I suspect the price might be... not low. I test drove an i4 a while back and liked it, though my location and hobbies just aren't well suited for a sedan right now.

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xlb250@reddit

What do you mean by “down sloping hood”? If anything, the hood chunkier and more block shaped than the ICE.

EV

ICE

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natesully33@reddit

Hmm, the front angle exaggerated it a little to my mind and I didn't do a side-by-side comparison. Maybe it is about the same.

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snsvsv@reddit

On the bright side if this has EV-esque depreciation I may finally be able to afford one!

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Mellow_2JZ@reddit

Call me insane but the silhouette looks like an IS300 in a way.

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triplevanos@reddit

Shape looks great. I pray there’s a hofmeister kink under that cladding in the c pillar area

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LuckyCheetos@reddit

it looks like an e92 and fl5 type r had a baby

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Trades46@reddit

I actually dig it. I've long liked the M3 but if I were to step into BMW I might just go for the i4 M50 instead.

If they make an M3 EV, that would be the best of both worlds.

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Enough-Scientist1904@reddit

Cant wait for BMW to ruin it by adding that huge ratchet ass grill

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chaiteataichi_@reddit

Reminds me of an Alfa Romeo SZ

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s3cf_@reddit

is it longer than the current 3 series?

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magnament@reddit

Looks like a Camry fucked a Giulia

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WillSuckDick4Coffee@reddit

If I had money and was forced to buy an EV, I'd go BMW without question. They look like a normal car, not some sorta wanna be futuristic appliance. I've also not heard or seen anything bad about how they drive or how the anything bad about the battery.

OK I take that back, I'd love a Taycan or E-. Tron, but those are a level above an BMW I4

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MortimerDongle@reddit

They're very much "just" an electric BMW, but that's a good thing. No drama, not weird, the EV tech isn't industry leading but it's good enough to not bother the average person (unlike Mercedes).

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Gatortribe@reddit

295 rears, my wallet is fearful for sure. I'm hoping these lease well, because I'm very interested in what they do here.

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Pro-editor-1105@reddit

"M3 EV" lmao

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strongmanass@reddit

Yes, an EV developed by the M division for performance, based on the upcoming electric 3 series.

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throwthisaccawaay@reddit

Super excited for the new gen6 platform

one of the most cohesive and visually BMWs in modern times

Nobody's holding a gun at you bro, stop it.

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---4758---@reddit (OP)

I'm not just a pessimistic BMW fan. This is genuinely the first car in a long time I straight up liked out of the gate unlike the previous generation.

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throwthisaccawaay@reddit

There's nothing to like in this gen visually. I really can't agree with some of y'all. It actually makes the g80 look like the mona lisa.

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hi_im_bored13@reddit

nobody’s holding a gun at you bro

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throwthisaccawaay@reddit

Why would someone need to be held at gunpoint to say something against the popular opinion? Bruh.

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hi_im_bored13@reddit

neue klasse being worse than the current g80 design language is very much an unpopular opinion around here

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throwthisaccawaay@reddit

...exactly?

Me saying g80 > neue klasse design = unpopular, hence why i said i was going "against the popular opinion".

Bruh.

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---4758---@reddit (OP)

Against the popular opinion? This sub and the wider car enthusiast community had dogged on both EVs and BMWs design language for the past half-decade, if not longer.

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throwthisaccawaay@reddit

"Against the popular opinion":

Neue klasse > g80 = popular opinion/at least for you.

And i'm going against it.

Voila??

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