Future Cars · Oct 11, 2026
The 437-Horsepower Hedge: Inside BMW's Radical Dual-Platform Bet on the 3 Series
While the Neue Klasse i3 grabs the electric spotlight in Paris, BMW is quietly dropping the iconic 'i' suffix from its gasoline engines and building a fire-breathing, quad-exhaust M350 on a completely separate architecture. It’s a massive gamble on the survival of the combustion sport sedan.
