Once again, and without camouflage, surrounded by the latest news from the Munich brand. This is how the BMW i3L has appeared, the electric saloon for China, which has once again unveiled the redesigned 3 Series Facelift 2022. One more important leak prior to the presentation of the European model.
It will be another of the great novelties that BMW has planned for next summer. The Series 3 It is a vein of sales, despite the fact that it has taken time to settle since a commercial launch that was somewhat uphill for a design, the front, that did not quite fit in with customers. Something that the German brand has solved with a face wash which, once again, has been completely exposed.
This new leak reveals the model, posing on a terrace where part of a camouflaged prototype is also visible. Nail spy photos that point to a slip in the protection in the realization of an official advertising material. The saloon has been uncovered and reveals the signs that we expected, and that we advance in an exclusive recreation. Your headlights have lost the bottom jog of the initial discord, are finer and stretched towards the fins and present a new light signature.
The image of the BMW i3L and the 3 Series Facelift is common
The design of the ovoid grille can be appreciated, now with a closed panel with chrome inserts, typical of sports versions equipped with the “M Sport” package, which is accompanied by a bumper with more angular and aggressive shapes. But taking a closer look, you can see that it is not just any Series 3, but rather it is the electric version of the i3L that will be sold in China. And it is that it has been revealed by the shiny finish of the radiator grille and by the letter “E” that can be seen at the end of the license plate, by the “M Sport” package that is standard in the electric ones, regardless of the market. , and by aerodynamic alloy wheels usual electrics.
It is enough to see the models with which he is surrounded, for behind the new i4 M50 and also escorted by an iXAlthough the 5 Series behind does not have an electric version, it does have several plug-in hybrid options. Aesthetic clues that clearly point to the new i3L which will be sold exclusively with the long wheelbase body, but which discover the design of the revised Series 3.
The new electric for China will be sold in the Asian market at the beginning of next summer, with two versions, the “eDrive35L” and “eDrive40L”. At practically the same time as Series 3 Facelift to be unveiled in Europe, on sale mid-November in all the dealers of the Old Continent. A new image that will bring novelties in the interior equipment, highlighting the new curved screen, but that will not translate into increases in power and performance in the range of engines, which will remain practically intact beyond lower fuel consumption and emissions figures.