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Originally Posted by brix25
No info about the next gen M3 sedan? Is there any confirmation if they'll continue making it after the F80 generation?
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Yes, it’s the G80 as I noted in a post yesterday.
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Originally Posted by SCOTT26
New M3 will arrive with new M4. That won't be until 2020.
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That isn't unexpected, but still unfortunate. If the G80 M3 front end were to derive from the G20 3 Series instead of being shared with the G82 M4, it would perhaps allow for a 2019 debut, just as the F90 M5 has debuted in 2017 following the G30 5 Series debut in 2016.
Of course, that would reduce parts sharing opportunities and increase costs, so it is somewhat understandable that it will apparently conitinue to not be done this way. Still, theoretically, the 4 Series itself could simply share the 3 Series front end too. They are, after all, very similar. Yet, they spare the expense to distinguish them. It is a shame this cannot be done for the M3 vs. the M4 as well.