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      07-02-2018, 12:01 PM   #1123
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So it was just in the news that the new M3 will be lighter (40kg/ 88lbs) and more powerful than the current one... if it has a 4wd option as rumored then this might just be my next car...

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So it was just in the news that the new M3 will be lighter (40kg/ 88lbs) and more powerful than the current one... if it has a 4wd option as rumored then this might just be my next car...
I don't think this M3 will be getting AWD, I think that was debunked by other leaked information. The new leaks/rumors are stating that it will gain RWS (Rear-Wheel Steering) and possibly water injection similar to the M4 GTS
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      07-03-2018, 07:10 AM   #1125
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From the various spyshots it seems as though the 3er will forgo the Air Breather vents behind the front wheels? Very surprising given BMW has been installing these on the entire lineup except the small models and has been stressing the aero benefit that it brings.
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      07-03-2018, 08:16 AM   #1126
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From the various spyshots it seems as though the 3er will forgo the Air Breather vents behind the front wheels? Very surprising given BMW has been installing these on the entire lineup except the small models and has been stressing the aero benefit that it brings.
The air breather on my 4GC LCI is cosmetic only. I think most of them are on new models
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      07-03-2018, 09:39 PM   #1127
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I really hope they don't add those fake air breathers on the side of the car. They look so ugly!

Looking forward to the M340i as my next car.
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      07-05-2018, 04:36 PM   #1128
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I really hope they don't add those fake air breathers on the side of the car. They look so ugly!

Looking forward to the M340i as my next car.


was the same way on the F30. The 4 series has them 3 series doesnt. For me that kind of sealed the deal when I had an F30 instead of buying an F32. They are so ugly.
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      07-09-2018, 01:51 PM   #1129
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I'm itching to learn about the m340i g20. October can't come soon enough aside from me getting married in October. I just hope the m340i is available in RWD and not only AWD as rumors are circulating making it equivalent to AMG C43 sedan. I also hope the manual transmission is available and not only in the m3.
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I've come across this website multiple times. How accurate is it usually? April 2019 is much further into 2019 than I had hoped and power is down slightly.

https://www.motor1.com/news/251910/b...rican-release/
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      07-12-2018, 07:18 PM   #1132
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I've come across this website multiple times. How accurate is it usually? April 2019 is much further into 2019 than I had hoped and power is down slightly.

https://www.motor1.com/news/251910/b...rican-release/

the m340i being delayed into spring has been mentioned here a bunch of times.
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I'm itching to learn about the m340i g20. October can't come soon enough aside from me getting married in October. I just hope the m340i is available in RWD and not only AWD as rumors are circulating making it equivalent to AMG C43 sedan. I also hope the manual transmission is available and not only in the m3.
Current 40i engine variants in the 1/2/3/4/5 and X3 are all ZF8 speeds. I think. Highly doubtful that the G20 will rock a 6MT with this drivetrain. Would be great is so though.
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Great news! Any idea when embargo will be lifted? I'm anxious to read the initial driving impressions
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Great news! Any idea when embargo will be lifted? I'm anxious to read the initial driving impressions
Driving is underway as is the media drives of M2 and M5 Competition.
Embargo will be lifted once completed in August.
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So, no manual transmissions in the M340i.

Can't go the M2/3/4 route because i need AWD. (and pricing would be an issue anyway)

Are there no 6SP+AWD options anymore ?

Not interested in a 4 banger.
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      07-26-2018, 04:05 PM   #1139
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Current 40i engine variants in the 1/2/3/4/5 and X3 are all ZF8 speeds. I think. Highly doubtful that the G20 will rock a 6MT with this drivetrain. Would be great is so though.
the g29 z4 m40i supposedly will have a 6MT option in the US according to the leaked docs from last year... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/ye...not-for-toyota

So I'd guess its at least possible they will make a m340i 6MT if there was a ton of demand (and yeah thats the problem)
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      07-28-2018, 10:12 AM   #1140
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So, no manual transmissions in the M340i.

Can't go the M2/3/4 route because i need AWD. (and pricing would be an issue anyway)

Are there no 6SP+AWD options anymore ?

Not interested in a 4 banger.
I think the only AWD manual transmission with 6+ cylinders is the Porsche 991.2 Carrera 4/4S.

Does anyone else know any others?
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I'm itching to learn about the m340i g20. October can't come soon enough aside from me getting married in October. I just hope the m340i is available in RWD and not only AWD as rumors are circulating making it equivalent to AMG C43 sedan. I also hope the manual transmission is available and not only in the m3.
If I was you I would buy whatever BMW is available and on the lot BEFORE you get married!!!!! Otherwise you'll end up waiting a heck of a lot longer than October

Here's how it went down with my car enthusiast friends after marriage:

1) Sells M3, buys Lexus SUV

2) Said he would buy an M3 after wedding, wife wants massive house, he's still driving 12 year old civic.

3) Test driving RS4s before the wedding, after married wife said too expensive, comes home with A4

4) Sells classic 1960's Pontiac GTO, buys Mitsubishi SUV

5) Sells Corvette, buys F150.

As for me, I told my fiancée that I would buy a Porsche 911 before we got married while it was still "my money". She laughed and said no problem that I could get my Porsche whenever, but that it if I helped pay off the wedding first, she'd help pay for the 911 if I let her drive it.

Well we both "won". She still says that I can come home in a 911 whenever I want, but our wedding was paid off over 7 years ago.......

I can't complain, just did ED this past June with my wife and new baby in a new F80 M3 and it was literally the best 5 weeks of my life.....

Anyways, moral of the story, buy what you can NOW because life changes after that big day no matter what you think!
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So, no manual transmissions in the M340i.

Can't go the M2/3/4 route because i need AWD. (and pricing would be an issue anyway)

Are there no 6SP+AWD options anymore ?

Not interested in a 4 banger.
I think the only AWD manual transmission with 6+ cylinders is the Porsche 991.2 Carrera 4/4S.

Does anyone else know any others?
911 R and T is it too? . All mighty fine 7MT also. Here in the UK we had the M140i and 240i (not saloons of course) but they have just had the 6MT culled.
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If I was you I would buy whatever BMW is available and on the lot BEFORE you get married!!!!! Otherwise you'll end up waiting a heck of a lot longer than October

Here's how it went down with my car enthusiast friends after marriage:

1) Sells M3, buys Lexus SUV

2) Said he would buy an M3 after wedding, wife wants massive house, he's still driving 12 year old civic.

3) Test driving RS4s before the wedding, after married wife said too expensive, comes home with A4

4) Sells classic 1960's Pontiac GTO, buys Mitsubishi SUV

5) Sells Corvette, buys F150.

As for me, I told my fiancée that I would buy a Porsche 911 before we got married while it was still "my money". She laughed and said no problem that I could get my Porsche whenever, but that it if I helped pay off the wedding first, she'd help pay for the 911 if I let her drive it.

Well we both "won". She still says that I can come home in a 911 whenever I want, but our wedding was paid off over 7 years ago.......

I can't complain, just did ED this past June with my wife and new baby in a new F80 M3 and it was literally the best 5 weeks of my life.....

Anyways, moral of the story, buy what you can NOW because life changes after that big day no matter what you think!

I had a friend who had a MKIV R32. Always wanted an M3. gets married....

has a kid. ends up getting an x5 xdrive35d because of the kid. I remember at the time I had an estoril blue 328i and his wife said "you can get a bmw, just not in a color like that"

Has second kid... trades in the x5 for a honda Odyssey (with a built in vacuum as he pointed out). Still has the r32 for weekends at least
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the g29 z4 m40i supposedly will have a 6MT option in the US according to the leaked docs from last year... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/ye...not-for-toyota

So I'd guess its at least possible they will make a m340i 6MT if there was a ton of demand (and yeah thats the problem)
I think that leak isn't correct, because when car magazines reviewed a prototype of the Z4 M40i, Car and Driver got confirmation from BMW and wrote in their review that a manual tranny would not be offered.

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