{"id":12864,"date":"2021-11-03T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=12864"},"modified":"2021-11-03T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T13:04:00","slug":"1134051_2023-bmw-3-series-touring-spy-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=12864","title":{"rendered":"2023 BMW 3-Series Touring spy shots: Updated wagon spied"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW plans to update its 3-Series soon<\/a>, and our latest spy shots show a prototype for the Touring wagon body style that’s offered overseas.<\/p>\n

The current 3-Series, the nameplate’s seventh generation, arrived in 2018 as a 2019 model. The updated version, which represents a mid-cycle refresh, should arrive in 2022 as a 2023 model. Sadly, we don’t expect the wagon body style to return to these shores.<\/p>\n

Only mild changes are planned for the 3-Series’ exterior with this refresh. Look for small tweaks to the internals of the lights, along with a new grille and new fascias front and rear.<\/p>\n

More substantial changes are expected for the interior where we should see BMW introduce the latest version of its iDrive infotainment system. The latest system, version 8.0, features a bigger screen and may see the 3-Series’ dash adopt a floating digital instrument cluster and infotainment screen like in the latest BMW models, such as the iX<\/a>, i4<\/a> and 2-Series Active Tourer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2023 BMW 3-Series Touring facelift spy shots – Photo credit:\u00a0S. Baldauf\/SB-Medien<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It isn’t clear what’s in store for the 3-Series’ powertrain lineup. The base option in the U.S. should remain a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 rated at about 248 hp. Above this should be a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 rated at about 382 hp, this time augmented with a mild-hybrid system able to temporarily add 11 hp. Both powertrains feature in the updated 2022 X3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A battery-electric 3-Series<\/a> is also in the works and could possibly be the future recipient of the i3 badge. Expect it to match the specs of the i4, meaning an 83.9-kilowatt-hour battery and a maximum range approaching 300 miles. This particular option will likely only be available with the sedan body style.<\/p>\n

Finally, it’s worth mentioning that the updated 3-Series wagon will receive the M3 treatment, which will make it the first M3 wagon (not including a one-off prototype). Prototypes for the hot longroof<\/a> are also out testing. It will feature a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline-6 that in the M3 sedan<\/a> delivers 473 hp in standard guise and 503 hp in M3 Competition guise. It’s likely that the M3 wagon will only come in Competition guise. The M3 sedan’s available 8-speed automatic and all-wheel-drive system will also likely be standard on the wagon, though we’ve still got our fingers crossed for the 6-speed manual and rear-wheel-drive setup.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for updates as development continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW plans to update its 3-Series soon, and our latest spy shots show a prototype for the Touring wagon body style that’s offered overseas. The current 3-Series, the nameplate’s seventh generation, arrived in 2018 as a 2019 model. The updated version, which represents a mid-cycle refresh, should arrive in 2022 as a 2023 model. Sadly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}