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Design and tech updates for 2025 BMW 3 Series

Izzy WoodBy Izzy WoodMay 30, 20243 Mins Read
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BMW has announced a rafte of updates for the 2025 BMW 3 Series, which enhance its design, technology and performance.

The new model will feature the BMW Curved Display with iDrive 8.5, to improve digitalization and the user experience, and BMW says the updated chassis tuning provides a better balance between sportiness and comfort.

The exterior and interior of the 2025 BMW 3 Series have been updated with new paint finishes, alloy wheels and refined interior elements – all to highlight the car’s modern and premium feel. The model will be available in new colors, including Arctic Race Blue metallic, Vegas Red metallic, Frozen Pure Grey metallic, and Frozen Portimao Blue metallic.

The cabin of the new 3 Series ihas been designed to be high-tech and welcoming, with several advanced features designed to improve the driving experience. The interior includes new steering wheel options, customizable interior lighting and high-quality materials, with the cockpit designed for a “clean, uncluttered and tech-forward appearance”.

Drivers are presented with one of two new steering wheel designs. BMW 330i models come standard with a new two-spoke wheel with a polygonal rim; M340i models and 330i models equipped with the M Sport package feature a new three-spoke flat-bottomed M steering wheel with a subtle stripe at top dead center – black on 330i M Sport models, red on M340i models.

Both of the new steering wheels have illuminated multifunction buttons and gearshift paddles.

The interior lighting now includes cascade lighting integrated into the trim around the new central vents. It can be adjusted for color and brightness, with users able to select from nine colors.  The functionality of the interior lighting also includes an atmospheric Welcome and Goodbye Animation and light signals indicating certain scenarios such as an incoming phone call or an open door.

Revisions have also been made to the range of interior trim elements. Fineline light open-pored fine-wood trim is standard in the new BMW 330i, while the M340i gets M aluminum rhombicle as standard. Ash grey open-pored fine-wood trim, aluminum fine brushed and, on the M340i, carbon fiber are all optionally available.

The use of high-quality materials also allows personal touches to be included throughout the interior. For example, customers can specify Galvanic controls – which adds a unique luster to the window switches, door lock button and air vent adjustment stalks. The optional Sensatec dashboard also has a more refined surface and decorative stitching in a contrasting color.

In the cockpit, the BMW Maps navigation system aims to makes it easier to input destinations and provide additional information while driving. New features include better usability of filters, a flatter menu structure with touch buttons shown directly on the map view, and route recommendations.

There is also an optional BMW Live Cockpit Professional which adds BMW Head-Up Display and an Augmented View function. This supplements the navigation system’s map display by showing a live video stream of the driver’s view on the information display or control display and augmenting it with contextual real-time information. For instance, at confusing junctions, an animated directional arrow is integrated into the video image to help the driver take the best turn-off for the planned route.

The 2025 3 Series also introduces the latest version of BMW iDrive with QuickSelect, based on BMW Operating System 8.5. This system has a new home screen and improved menu structure for more intuitive control.

The new BMW 3 Series will be launched globally in July 2024, with production for the US market beginning in August 2024 at the BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico.

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