BMW 3-Series racing on electric cars still retains gasoline version

The current generation of the BMW 3-Series is the 7th generation, launched in 2018. If calculated according to the standard life cycle of a new car of 7 years, the BMW 3-Series will enter the 8th generation in 2025.

However, at the above time point, only a pure electric version of the 3-Series called i3 will be offered. This information has been previously confirmed by the Bavarian brand.

Customers who can’t or don’t want to make the transition to electric cars will have to wait more than 2 years to get access to the next gasoline-powered BMW 3-Series. This information was revealed by BMWblog in mid-September.

This is still good news, at least for mainstream customers, as BMW has always mentioned that the i3 will replace the 3-Series in the future.

According to the above source from Germany, the new gasoline-powered BMW 3-Series chassis will still be of the CLAR type used by the current version. This means that this car line and the pure electric i3 technically have nothing in common as the i3 runs on an entirely new Neue Klasse chassis.

It is said that the design of these two versions is completely different as it was confirmed by BMW that the i3 will “jump” a design generation and therefore be more innovative.

BMW is one of the most vocal brands supporting the internal combustion engine on the market currently. The Bavarian brand believes it still has a strong hold on this segment until at least the late 2030s. The company’s maintenance of BMW 3-Series engines will help in maintaining the sales of this brand.

Thanks to this, BMW will almost certainly guarantee them the number 1 spot in the luxury car industry, in the context that Mercedes-Benz has given up racing sales to optimize profits with the above group of cars.