WITH ONE MAJOR styling update since its debut in 2005, the current generation E90 BMW 3 Series is due for retirement in the next couple of years.

Despite wearing some of the heaviest camouflage BMW has used, new spy photos obtained this week show that development of the next generation 3 Series is well underway.

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EARLY IN SEPTEMBER, BMW Australia announced revised pricing for its six-cylinder 323i sedan. It was a pleasant surprise, as the basic price dropped from $63,200 to $58,300.

The price adjustment saw the six-cylinder equipped 323i undercut the entry-level six-cylinder offerings of Mercedes-Benz and Audi by more than $30,000, and new car [...]

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2009 BMW 335i Sedan w/ M Sport Package

THE LINES OF THE E90 BMW 3-Series are familiar to everyone. It is the aspirational car for the upwardly mobile, its badge a symbol of middle-class success.

There’s a good reason for the BMW’s popularity that goes far beyond brand image however.

The simple truth is that the BMW 3-Series [...]

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FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S update to the the 3 Series sedan, BMW has begun work on a mid-life facelift for the 3 Series Coupe.

These new spy photos reveal that the Coupe’s visual changes will be minor. New front and rear bumpers, LED rear lights and updated headlights figure among the more obvious revisions.

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BMW AUSTRALIA has today announced it will bring the six-cylinder 323i to the competitive sub-$60,000 market, starting at $58,300, nearly $5000 less than its previous sticker price of $63,200.

Powered by a 2.5 litre straight-six petrol engine, the 323i Sedan produces 140kW and 230Nm of torque.

The 323i dispatches the 0-100km/h sprint in a claimed [...]

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WITH THE UPDATED 2010 3 Series Coupe recently spied, and these new photos of the convertible version, it’s clear that BMW is well into the final stages of development for the updated 3 Series range.

Likely to debut at Frankfurt next month, the latest round of spy photos for the 2010 3 Series Convertible - [...]

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FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH last month of the 2009 BMW 330d sedan in Australia, BMW is set to give the diesel-engined 3 Series Coupe, Convertible and Touring a local release.

Depending on the body style, customers will be able to choose from a 2.0 litre four cylinder diesel or a 3.0 litre straight-six diesel.

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AS ITS MOST popular model, BMW’s 3 Series generates plenty of interest whenever a new model is set to debut. With the next generation due in 2012, it’s no surprise that unconfirmed reports about the car’s details are now beginning to circulate.

The lines of the new car are reported to borrow heavily from the latest [...]

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BMW HAS LET LOOSE its performance-oriented 330d sedan into the Australian market today, the first 3 Series vehicle to boast the company’s high output diesel powerplant.

Powered by a six-cylinder 3.0 litre turbo-diesel engine, the 330d provides V8 rivaling torque with efficiency akin to a four-cylinder. In fact, with 520Nm on tap from just 1750rpm, the turbo-diesel motor [...]

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YOU HAVE TO wonder what Gottlieb Daimler would make of a modern car.

On that day in 1886, when he and business partner Wilhelm Maybach screwed their strange 0.5 horsepower ‘grandfather clock’ single cylinder petrol engine onto the bones of a wooden carriage, can Daimler have imagined what his creation would become?

Would he now recognise it? [...]

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BMW IS SET TO bump up the efficiency credentials of its 3 Series range this September, when a super-frugal 2.0 litre turbodiesel engine will make its debut in the European-market 316d ES.

The 2010 BMW 316d ES will sit below the current 318d, and promises to deliver exceptional fuel economy and low emissions. Just 3.75 litres [...]

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Australia will become the first market outside of the European Union to receive a fully comprehensive roll-out of BMWs fuel-saving and performance-preserving EfficientDynamics technology, with 26 of BMW’s 55-vehicle local line-up now featuring the tree-hugging tech.

Regenerative braking, active aerodynamics, engine start-stop and shift prompts for more efficient driving are the new additions to BMW’s EfficientDynamics [...]

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