Next M3 / M4 will have both Electric and Combustion Engine models -- says M CEO

[TonM3]

I don't care if it is internal combustion if it does not come in a manual. It may as well be electric.

[bmwdrive]

Originally Posted by f82_enthusiast

They said manual is now or never. New gen will not have a manuals option.

I’m considering a manual M3 for this reason alone before they’re gone. And I’m not even that big of a fan of manuals. But last chance to experience it, at least in a new M3.

[DonutRanger]

Originally Posted by Habs

M this M that…Too many M badges on everything. Keep true “M” cars with ICE and manuals. Slap as many “W” badges as you want on your watts powered smartcars, but leave us petrol heads enjoy what we like and don’t bend over backwards for the WEF globalists. That’s what we are paying you for BMW.

EV’s out perform ICE in every performance metric. And EV’s are currently the worst they will ever be. The future EV M3 will fully deserve the M badge when it comes out and it will only get better

[ShocknAwe]

Wtf is eturbo. Turbos use exhaust gas inertia.

[Dégoûté]

Originally Posted by DonutRanger

EV’s out perform ICE in every performance metric. And EV’s are currently the worst they will ever be. The future EV M3 will fully deserve the M badge when it comes out and it will only get better

Incremental horsepower gains will be replaced with incremental range/battery gains. We stay on the treadmill either way.

[Cartman417209]

Originally Posted by kmarei

" the best-selling M model in 2024 is likely to be the BMW i4 M50."

shocking no?
so not the M340i or even the M440i, heck i even expected the M240i to outsell the i4
i did once drive an M3 and I4 M50 back to back at a BMW event.
and the i4 iM50i impressed me a lot more than the M3

Everyone’s entitled to their opinion even when it’s wrong. In no world is the i4 close to the M3. I drove both and own a new M3
Do you live in Cali or something 😂

[Cartman417209]

For the next M3 keep the S58. Maybe update it alil and throw an electric motor at it to bring it to 650ish stock without increasing weight more than 200lbs