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Here’s one for facelift fetishists – the revamped 3-Series coupe and convertible. Get a good squint going, perhaps attach a monocle, and you’ll notice the changes.
Or if you can’t be bothered, allow us to summarise. The kidney grilles are slightly different. The lights now have ‘white LED corona rings and illuminated eyebrows’, or ‘severe eye infection’ as your optician would call it. And below all that there’s a gobbier air intake that makes the car look wider and lower so more people will get out of your way. Or get scooped up. The sideskirts have a new twist and the back bumper is also new.
Underneath all that, BMW’s efficiency pixies have been working hard. The grunty 335i now emits 10 per cent less CO2 and consumes 8 per cent less petrol. And the 320d has now has more oomph – 0-62mph now takes 7.5 seconds rather than 7.9 – while managing a righteous 60mpg.
The Coupé starts at £27,845 for the 320i SE, rising to £52,730 for the full-fat and wonderful M3 (£32,905 to £56,740 for the Convertibles).
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beermaniac commented on this article
at 01:43 pm on 18 January 2010
they should have facelifted the horrid 5 series instead
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they should have facelifted the horrid 5 series instead
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Afaque commented on this article
at 01:54 pm on 18 January 2010
It looks exactly the same if not slightly uglier!!
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VieVentar commented on this article
at 03:32 pm on 18 January 2010
From this angle, and with that lighting, the curvature of the bonnet makes it look like one headlight is higher than the other. Its like an Escher painting with all the talent removed and LED's stuck on instead.
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scottneal commented on this article
at 04:10 pm on 18 January 2010
They had no reason to facelift it. They've made it fat. It was the 5 series that needed it. An M3 might shut me up though...
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