it looks like the new 5 series with a more powerful v6 in the 330i.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/bmw330i05_01.jpg (http://www.rsportscars.com/)

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/bmw330i05_inter.jpg (http://www.rsportscars.com/)

i personally like it a lot more than the old one.

car looks F*ckin sick man i'd take one...

I agree, looks sick, I mean, it's gonna make me sick...those shots better not be real, or I'ma vomit...The iDrive is still there, way to go BMW for making the most useless electronic thing since PONG...someone needs to kick BMW in the head...

I agree, looks sick, I mean, it's gonna make me sick...those shots better not be real, or I'ma vomit...The iDrive is still there, way to go BMW for making the most useless electronic thing since PONG...someone needs to kick BMW in the head...

iDrive is optional in the 3 Series, like the 1 Series, and I'm sure I've already made a topic abou the leaking of the E90 3 Series.

Admist all these not-as-good looking cars
BMW are making record profits.

They make good cars, just that the styling has gone a bit hay-wire

what engine would the M3 use?
(hopefully this question hasnt been asked already)
if its been asked, sorry :roll:

3.0 v6 it says above
i think it looks nice, but could be better

I need more pics of the exterior, but I love the interior
but could be betterEvery car could be better

3.0 v6 it says above
i think it looks nice, but could be better

BMW aren't using a V6, they will use the NG6, which is a straight-six with a magnesium block.

The new M3 will be using a brand-new 4.0L V8.

I personally love the new styling as with most new BMW's.

it says the 330i has a more powerful v6 in the first post, so i got confused, soz

It's a mistake in first post BMW is using straight 6s not V6s. As MTechnik said.

dont blame it on me then please...its not my fault :(

it's unique for sure... it's been "Bangle'd" for sure.

i guess the design "grows" on you. The more you look at it, the better it becomes.

But IMO its still no beauty. Maybe except the new M5.. =P~

Yeah, i gotta agree, most of Bangle's styles were crazy at first and grew on me, but the 6 series rear is just plain ugly, the front looks like a Chrysler Concorde, hell, the whole thing does, it's not any better in person either, and IMO those 3 series pics are goin' down the same road...which is a shame really, the 3 series is a benchmark car in popularity...Looks count in that contest so we will see how it sells...

hehe, my bad. i accidentally put v6. it does use a strait 6 tho. look.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/bmw330i05_engine.jpg (http://www.rsportscars.com)

and heres another pic of the interior but they dont look anything alike.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/bmw330i05_inter2.jpg (http://www.rsportscars.com)

and dark_hunter wanted some more picks of the exterior but the site that i found it of doesnt have too many good pics.

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/02/bmw330i05_05.jpg (http://www.rsportscars.com)

sorry to say... but i actually find it nice-ish.. but not as good as the non-bangle version :)

I hate those tail lights

and me, i like the headlights though

Although i cant see the side of the car very well. I reckon the crease on the side looks ugly.
What was he thinking???
probably it has a stablising effect when your going at 250kph in the autobahn. :lol:

i dislike these roof fins that he keeps putting on these new cars...

I actually like a lot of Bangle's designs but for some reason this one doesn't do anything for me :?

Interior looks good, but the exterior could be better.

IMO.. the interior could be better

I have already made a comment about the new 3 series. In a way i was kinda prepared for a radical change of looks. It was obvious the e46 would be bangled. So the e90 looks ok for me except the taillights. hey but everyone forgot that pics remain pics because when you'll see the car right up in front of you you'll get another opinion about it. About the new M3 i think it will be a monster of a car for sure. I can sense the new V8 with a high rev concept (as to stay true to the M breed) with a liittle more torque then hp. :wink: I heard of 400hp. but a guy from the dealership said that it will be way over 400hp. hmmm? i think that 400 hp will be the exact figure. And yeah i'm curious if it would beat the M5 from 0 to 62mph. as it happened in the past (5.2 M3 and 5.3 M5)

anyone got pics of the new m3?

anyone got pics of the new m3?

This car shouldn't even be released yet, it is still at least a year from the 'official' release of the E90, so therefore, naturally, the M3 should be about half to a year after the E90, so you'll see official pics until late next year/early 2006.

I dont know....I think it looks nice :?

I dont like the fin, but I think the rest of the body is unique and goodlooking.

ive noticed those fins, and they are so NASTY :smt078
what ARE they for? :roll:

What fins are you talking about? Side ones? Those , i think, are particulary made for looks and for aerodynamics. Or for the one on the top end? I think that comes from the idrive or gps. Anyway if you're talking about those lines from each side...i like them alot, it gives a unique shape and character. And looks awesome overall.

does the new 3 serie have a 6-speeds plus reverse Gearbox ? :smt104

(edit a spelling mistake)

Remember the days when the 3s used to look agressive? The car doesn't have that appearance anymore. It used to be one of those little bad boyz on the street. Now the 3 series just went "metrosexual" on us, for lack of a better word. In other words, I dont like it. The only good thing is that they made the i-drive optional, because its useless.

Yeah. Maybe so. Maybe youre right about it. But well sometimes it had to be done or it was just a matter of time.I agree about the i drive. BUT at least BMW stands as a bmw through the engines they produce. So i think that with a little help of ext modifications you can still make it look like a beast. Wait for the new M3 to show up and then we'll talk about agressive stuff.

Malin, in answer to your question do you mean the conventional row-your-own stick shift? or the SMG?

Anyways, it took me a day or so to notice the major problem with this cars butt problems. Its tailights are identical to Hyundai's Elantra, along with the trunk, and bumper.

I hope this thing changes BIG time before it's introduced.

does anyone know what this is for?

GPS

it's all the antenna and satellite crap rolled into one little arrow shaped pod...lots of cars have them.

it looks gay. cant they put it under the car or something?

i agree, lots of cars do have them, and they ruin many of those cars, like the m5 imo, would look MUCH better without that fin thing...

You all make way too much out of that ****ing fin. If you dislike it that muchit then rip it off or don't order the gps or Idrive. There are way better things to improve or replace like tailights and other stuff, then that stupid fin.

You all make way too much out of that [censored] fin. If you dislike it that muchit then rip it off or don't order the gps or Idrive. There are way better things to improve or replace like tailights and other stuff, then that stupid fin.
i'm not buying a BMW anytime soon, but they still ruin the car imo
if i were to buy a BMW i would not order gps or Idrive to keep that damn fin off! :evil:

Man, calm down it's only a fin, don't kick up a fuss about it.
Anyway i quite like that 'fin' thing.

:lol:
i would not order gps or Idrive
u got that right. :wink:
I still have to see the car up front to hit the verdict about it.

Man, calm down it's only a fin, don't kick up a fuss about it.
Anyway i quite like that 'fin' thing.
im calm mate, i just totally hate the fin, but thats my opinion i guess :roll:

Man, calm down it's only a fin, don't kick up a fuss about it.
Anyway i quite like that 'fin' thing.
im calm mate, i just totally hate the fin, but thats my opinion i guess :roll:

What's actually wrong with it? I think it looks pretty snazzy, better than a long rod just sticking up off the boot.

Anyway, I made a thread about the E90 earlier:

http://www.sportscarforums.com/showthread.php?t=2228

the fin is ****, its too damn small! Jaguar had theirs sorted in the 50s!
http://www.foltyn.cz/jaguar_d/jaguar_d_2v.jpg
Look at that thing, i could pick up Eskimo FM in ****ing Bangladesh with that thing. May as well rip out the steering while im at it and controll it like a plane. Have a look bangle, you could learn something

the fin is [censored], its too damn small! Jaguar had theirs sorted in the 50s!
http://www.foltyn.cz/jaguar_d/jaguar_d_2v.jpg
Look at that thing, i could pick up Eskimo FM in [censored] Bangladesh with that thing. May as well rip out the steering while im at it and controll it like a plane. Have a look bangle, you could learn something

:P Who does that? BTW, what kinda car is that?

Its a jaguar d type

Its a jaguar d type

I thought it looked similar....horrible. (the fin that is)

You could pick up satellite with it.
I like the BM's fin.

really i think u can pick up things from outer space with it....but hey im just runnin my fingers off.....if u will.....but ya anyways im with u horrible lookin......

really i think u can pick up things from outer space with it....but hey im just runnin my fingers off.....if u will.....but ya anyways im with u horrible lookin......

From outer space...yeh, sure mate, in your dreams.

i was just playin but hey ya i can dream cant i??

Don't start arguing again.

Pffffff and i first thought this will be a serious bmw dbate. It became a fin debate, and crappy jaguar crazy stuff, outer space pikin and alot more crap. Keep up the good work

everyone who knows you should kick your stupid ****ing arse for calling a D Type Jag crappy, this thing made 70 hp per liter in 1954 with 840kg kerb wieght so try to think before you post. If you got a problem with something going off topic just say so and you may not sound so damn ignorant

boys stopp fighting .it is a big surplus of male sex hormone in this thread :wink:

its called testosterone malin :D
we cant help it...soz
back to topic lads...maybe i should make a new topic on fins!
*goes to make new topic*

Well excuse me if i went out of line there but i told you what i think, i think it became alot of fuss about that tiny fin bangle put on the 3 series. Not even sure if all the stock 3 series will come with such a fin. AND even so if you dislike it so much and put so much accent on minor details like this, then you can always throw it off. It doesn't need to go so far back in the past and to relate to other cars that were equipped with fins. For me the past was the past, i live in the present and i don't care too much about a huge fin or ....whatever that is, jaguar put on their car 50 years ago. If it were so damn good all cars would have sky high fins.
BTW: no offense i still consider that car "crappy" no matter the performance, i don't quite like classics (maybe the shelby is an exception).

BTW: no offense i still consider that car "crappy" no matter the performance, i don't quite like classics (maybe the shelby is an exception).I don't want to start an arguement about this but are you crazy?

And yeah, who cares about a tiny fin, it's like complaining about a radio or car phone antennea.

GUYS YOU TOTALLY RUINED A PERFECT TOPIC!!
I can't believe this... STOP IT!

From now on please talk about the new E90 3-series. If I see any more irrelevant or offensive posts, the topic will be locked.

Ok. So overall the new 3 series i think will be a better car. It must be. I like the new specific output of the new 3 liter engine. I am so damn curious what will be the output of the new M3 and how much could it compete with the already super M5. I mean to keep all the credential the new M3 would have to beat the M5 from 0 to 100km/h, and that could be quite difficult since it would have to go under 4.7 seconds. The old M5 had "only" 57 hp more but alot more torque and did it in 5.3. So......

Ok. So overall the new 3 series i think will be a better car. It must be. I like the new specific output of the new 3 liter engine. I am so damn curious what will be the output of the new M3 and how much could it compete with the already super M5. I mean to keep all the credential the new M3 would have to beat the M5 from 0 to 100km/h, and that could be quite difficult since it would have to go under 4.7 seconds. The old M5 had "only" 57 hp more but alot more torque and did it in 5.3. So......

The new E90 M3 will have a 400hp 4.0L V8. And I don't think the M3 should beat the M5 to the 0-100km/h benchmark, since the M5 is the flagship of the M range, and should keep a reputation of the fastest M car. My guess is that the E90 M3 will go about 4.9sec, roughly the same time as the E46 M3 CSL. But I'm sure the M5 does faster than 4.7sec. BMW always put out fairly conservative performance times, so I won't be suprised if it can get 4.5's. Then the E90 should cover it with a 4.7sec, with the M2 goin low 5's or high 4's. :twisted:

I don't like the new 3 Series, not because it's a bad design, but because it doesn't look like a BMW. It's way too japanese for my taste. I rather go with the old E36 or the the E46.
If it were'nt for the grill, I'd look like a Mitsubishi Lancer.
And I have to agree with you guys, they should hide thatr "fin" somewhere its hideous. I was at the local BMW dealer and there were a couple of 5's, Compacts, and 7's. It trully looks like hell.
But, in he other hand, performance is great. HP, Torque, and everything refered to the engine and drive train (6speed). Beneath the skin it still reamins a true BMW.

Beneath the skin it still reamins a true BMW.
That's what's important for me, and btw I could cope with the styling, I don't find it bad.

I like the front, but the back looks cheap, in fact I quite like the revised Audi A4. I think, for all of bangles rubbish (BMW 6-Series), BMW should have let him go a bit mad with the styling. I think it will age very quickly!

i think you are right.

Interior looks good, but the exterior could be better.

I like this interior http://club3series.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/219

This topic is from November and the new 3 series is already in production, therefore it is outdated now...

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