{"id":12873,"date":"2021-11-03T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=12873"},"modified":"2021-11-03T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:59:03","slug":"spied-bmw-3-series-touring-lci-facelift-seen-with-updated-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=12873","title":{"rendered":"SPIED: BMW 3 Series Touring LCI Facelift Seen with Updated Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This current-gen BMW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/04\/08\/grille-off-what-is-bmws-best-current-kidney-grille-design\/\">3 Series<\/a> is one of the brand\u2019s best looking cars, with a reasonably-sized grille and smart looking headlights. However, despite having a handsome mug, the 3 Series will be getting the brand\u2019s usual mid-cycle LCI refresh treatment, which will bring some updates to that same face. In these new spy photos, though, we can see that, thankfully, those updates will be minimal. (We don\u2019t own the spy photos but they can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2021\/11\/facelifted-2023-bmw-3-series-touring-spied-for-the-first-time-while-suffering-technical-issues\/\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Seen here in Touring (wagon) spec, the BMW 3 Series looks to keep some of its best looking features. One of the more unique design elements of this G20 3er is its headlight design. With notches in the bottom, its headlights are reminiscent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2021\/11\/01\/bmw-e46-m3-ulez\/\">E46<\/a>\u2018s. Not only is it unique among the BMW lineup, it\u2019s a cool design with some history to it. Thankfully, those notched headlights remain.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the kidney grilles don\u2019t seem changed much, if at all, but that could just be due to the camo obscuring their design. That\u2019s good news, though, as we know the 3er won\u2019t be getting the same Nosferatu treatment as the 4 Series. The face of this generation 3 Series is a good one and it\u2019s nice to know it isn\u2019t changing any time soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-353843\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-830x552.jpg\" alt=\"BMW 3 Series Touring G21 UK 17 830x552\" width=\"830\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of BMW 3 Series Touring G21 UK 17 830x552\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-353843\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20552%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-830x552.jpg\" alt=\"BMW 3 Series Touring G21 UK 17 830x552\" width=\"830\" height=\"552\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BMW-3-Series-Touring-G21-UK_17.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of BMW 3 Series Touring G21 UK 17 830x552\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out back, there\u2019s very little to see, as the minimal updates (if there are any at all) are covered in camouflage. That\u2019s pretty standard for BMW LCI updates, though.<\/p>\n<p>These photos also give us a bit of a peak inside the car, showing off its dashboard just a bit. It seems as if the 3 Series will be getting the same curved dual-screen layout as the BMW i4; with a new digital driver\u2019s display and iDrive 8 screen; but that\u2019s also no surprise. Expect all upcoming BMW models, updates or otherwise, to get the same new setup.<\/p>\n<p>When the BMW 3 Series gets its LCI treatment, it should make an already good looking car just a little bit better. Hard to complain about that.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2021\/11\/facelifted-2023-bmw-3-series-touring-spied-for-the-first-time-while-suffering-technical-issues\/\">Car Scoops<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This current-gen BMW 3 Series is one of the brand\u2019s best looking cars, with a reasonably-sized grille and smart looking headlights. However, despite having a handsome mug, the 3 Series will be getting the brand\u2019s usual mid-cycle LCI refresh treatment, which will bring some updates to that same face. In these new spy photos, though, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12873","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12873\/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=12873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}