Sweet

Looks like a BMW again, mostly. I imagine they’ll eventually come full circle and have beautiful, German functional boxiness yet again.

I think this was what the Chrysler Sebring was going for with the hood design… only no one liked it.

335xi may be in my future The interior only looks good when the I drive is installed They also simplified it thats a good thing

i dunno why this update makes this car way more desirable to me than it was before. the M-B C-class is out of the picture for me. Now its 3-series vs. new A4.

So. The coupe isn’t getting the front & rear LED treatment. Makes a lot of sense….wait, I guess I’ll be the coupe’s turn in 2010. Way to go…..milk it for all you can.

====>>Astonman12, if you were shopping in C63 territory would your comparison still be tha same?

It’s good. Not much change, which is probably good. I like the newer headlights & backlights, except for that inner front headlight which is apparently an 80’s/early 90’s style unclear headlight. We’re supposed use the mirror lights now. Minus well go back to the pop-up headlights if you’re gonna do that.

1 Man Wrecking Crew: If you look carefully, the coupes do have LEDs in the rear.

=====>>Mugen, yea the BMW M3 would still take the cake in my book out of the big 3; RS4, M3, and C63. Id actually take the C63 last out of those 3. theres almost too much going on with the exterior of the C63 for my taste.

I agree with “CleanGTO”, I wish that will happen but with the new 7 series im kinda doubting that…

The coupe only has the horizontal bar LED’s. If you look at the 2nd pic in the 1st column the sedan + wagon will also have LED’s on top of the horizontal bars which the coupe doesn’t have.

Over the years the 3 series has become too bloated and too serious. Go on a diet, lose weight, get more of a fun attitude.

Touring looks very nice, would love to have 335d. 286hp and 428lb ft and 41.5 combined European mpg. With DMS chip even more power, torque and even better economy!

Subtle, but effective changes. I like the wagon the best out of them all. Glad they’re still selling them in the US even though the X3 probably steals a lot of the wagon’s sales.

finally back to using LED’s

I am wholly unimpressed with this. I really preferred the look of the previous generation 3-Series, I mean, that looked cool. This.. is starting to look like a C-class.

Still looks like S H I A T.

Center pic, first row … BMW’s version of a Hyundai Accent.

the rear tails still look UGLY to me

nothing much new about THIS car… its a bmw 3 series, in sedan and touring guise… only thing that kind of hits the eye is the power-domes / lines / whatevers on the hood. trying to look like an “M”-Version i guess… but still.. this car looks decent enough, but not special…
(then again, its nothing special. its a decent car, full stop. not a racer, not a luxury car. i guess bmw completely scored in where things count)

I actually think the previous tail lights look GREAT now that I see this sh*t. Chris Bangle, you disappoint me.

I don’t see much improvement over existing one (perhaps not much needed - car sells). I would love to see different headlights (those are old and fugly). The line on tail light is broken and symmetry is lost. Wagon has a lot of A3 in it (side view). I agree that Chris Bangle is overpaid.

====>>xyunya, the tail lights are meant to loose symmetry. That’s the BMW theme. Its not a cadillac.lol…This is the best the 3series has ever looked!

Not digging the droopy look of the front clip.

Did they finally fire Chris Bangle ? Thank God BMW is back.

I like this look. Very modern European and sporty. I am quite impressed by the good evolution. I am a BMW fan and have sometimes complained about some of the newer designs. This is a great evolution and the M3 is the best car under $100k if measured as a combination of value, performance, luxury and design.

This looks fine. However, there is 1 great question that remains unanswered: “WILL BMW BRING THE 335 Wagon to America??”. If the answer is YES, then we’re in for a treat and they might as well discontinue the X3. We would have the perfect example of sport/practical/fuel economy… in 1 car.

Yes, I love Bimmers and am biased. However, I take their dealer service over Audi’s any day… I’ll also take their product quality over what Mercedes Benz has offered since the 90’s.

I’m running out of excuses not to get one.

CHEAP!
I think it looks incredibly junky when feature lines don’t line-up between body panels - Such as the top portion of the taillights on this newish Bimmer. I thinks it’s a cheap way to claim “Innovative Design” when it really just looks like mis-matched body panels. It’s like they don’t have to bother with tolerances to make design elements line-up.

That being said, at least it doesn’t look like a ‘98 Civic that’s been rear-ended anymore. Not that it’s any better, just different.

At least the change to the grille up front looks a lot better.

… just come out and say it … looks like S H I A T.

Time to redesign the cheap looking 70’s interior.

BMW series 3…tail lights-bit better then Daewoo Lanos,loking unfinished…interupted.Are you in hurry? It doesn`t need to be avantgard,it is BMW not Citroen or Renault.The best looking car from 1991-2004.Chris,please, gesign T-shirts or …turn gay ..or something else! Thank God they still make the best engines!!!

It’s an improvement to an already nice design.

We have ‘mazdaman’ who needs glasses and some taste in cars … then we have OBJECTIVITY in ‘dejan’’s and ‘Ibcheeky’’s posts where they state FACT.

There is hope! If it happens,BMW3 tii!Finaly something that looks like BMW!