- An electric BMW M3 variant is in the works
- BMW M division’s boss expects his electric sports car to “beat everything”
- The electric M3 variant, possibly called i3 M, probably won’t arrive until 2026 or 2027
Luxury automaker BMW, known for making sports car icons, has mapped out a performance plan for its next-gen EVs.
Work is underway on those vehicles, which will be based on the Neue Klasse platform. BMW’s M performance division is dedicating resources to create M cars from these new vehicles. One of those vehicles will be an electric M3, which is among the most important and historic models the division churns out.
Frank van Meel, the man in charge of BMW’s M division, told Motor Trend the upcoming electric sports car based on the Neue Klasse platform “will beat everything you have ever seen.”
Expected to be part of an expanded 3-Series lineup, the sedan might revive the i3…
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