- The next-generation BMW M3 will continue to be produced beyond 2030.
- An electric M3 with four electric motors will be sold alongside the ICE model.
- Unfortunately, the BMW M4 will be axed after the G82 model ends production.
BMW is working on an all-electric version of the iconic M3, but that doesn’t mean it will kill off the combustion model we all know and love. In fact, the boss of the M division has confirmed the brand will ensure its current 3.0-liter twin-turbo S58 inline-six can survive for at least one more generation.
While recently speaking with members of the German media, BMW M chief executive Frank van Meel said that as long as there’s still demand from customers for an inline-six version of the M3, BMW will continue building it. He confirmed the carmaker is in the process of making the S58 compliant with Euro 7 emissions standards coming into effect in the summer of 2025.
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“We’ll let the six-cylinder combustion run for as long as possible,” van Meel told Bimmer Today. “If customer demand is what it is at the moment, and it doesn’t drop off, we won’t turn off the six-cylinder either. If customers say, ‘Even though an M3 is significantly faster electrically than the combustion engine that is the benchmark today, I still want a combustion engine,’ then we will not withhold this offer from them.”
Technical specifications about the next-generation ICE M3 aren’t known, but it’s reasonable to expect that despite more stringent emissions standards, BMW will be able to extract a few more horses out of the S58 inline-six. The new model will adopt the internal code G24 and is tipped to land in 2027 or 2028.
Underpinning the new model will be the carmaker’s CLAR modular platform, shared with other 3-Series models. Unfortunately, the two-door M4 is not expected to survive into another generation and will be axed in the next couple of years.
BMW has stopped short of confirming all that many details about the all-electric M3. However, we do know that it’ll be underpinned by the new Neue Klasse platform and that is currently being tested with four individual motors with a combined output of over 1,341 hp or 1,000 kW.
