宝马计划在今年晚些时候发布新款3系，最近谍照记者拍到了伪装更少的3系接近量产版原型车。从照片中可以看出，新车采用了新的前大灯和重新设计双肾格栅。车身侧面暴露的不多，但可以看到该车采用了更大合金轮圈，但可以确认的是，3系量产版将配备更大轮圈。预计新车轴距将增加，后车门更长，不过从这些照片上目前还看不出来。可以看到车门把手上面的特征线向后一直延伸至重新设计的尾灯组，而后者更具高科技感。除非是伪装的欺骗作用，行李箱盖中间部分看起来更具曲线感，它仍旧与尾灯组部分连接。整体来看，2019款3系外观变化与现行版相比并不大，但这些改变足以使该车可以称作新一代车型。虽然这次没有拍到内装照片，但先前拍到的照片显示，该车配备了部分数字仪表群和改款中控台，iDrive信息娱乐系统也集成了更大尺寸显示屏。由于新车与5系车共享CLAR平台，因此更多的采用了铝制和碳纤维材质，重量将降低40公斤。由于轴距增加，内部空间也更宽敞，未来几个月内，新车动力系统细节有望曝光。2019款3系有望在10月的巴黎车展首次亮相，而M3则将于明年下半年或2020年初亮相。
2019 BMW 3 Series Spotted With Less Camo Than Ever Before
Watch out Mercedes and Audi, BMW is about to come after your C-Class and A4 with a brand spanking new 3 Series. The reveal is scheduled to take place in the latter half of this year, which is why near-production prototypes have put on new camo attire revealing a little bit more of the skin.
We are being given the privilege to check out the swanky new headlights flanking a redesigned grille with the two kidneys meeting in the middle. The side profile doesn’t reveal a great deal, other than the fact the prototype could have used a bigger set of alloy wheels, but we’re sure the final 3 Series will be available with bigger rims. A slight stretch of the wheelbase is expected and that should come along with longer rear doors, although it’s not obvious in these spy shots. We can see the upper character line at the door handle level and how it extends all the way back to meet the redesigned taillights featuring a high-tech look from what we can see through the camo.
Unless the disguise is playing tricks on us, the center of the trunk lid appears to be slightly more curved compared to the outgoing model. It continues to incorporate a section of the taillights, although these are mostly hidden underneath the black and white tape. Overall, the styling won’t represent a significant departure from the model is about to replace (it’s a German car after all), but it should have enough changes worthy of a new generation.
Photos depicting the interior cabin are not available in this set, but our spies spotted a different prototype at the beginning of the month with a partially digital instrument cluster and a revamped center console with a bigger screen for the iDrive infotainment system.
The biggest changes will not be visible to the naked eye as probably the most important novelty will be represented by the switch to the CLAR platform already underpinning its bigger brother, the 5 Series. It should enable a healthy weight loss of around 40 kilograms (88 pounds) granted by a more extensive use of aluminum and a little bit of carbon fiber. A roomier interior cabin is likely on the agenda as well, along with a revamped engine lineup that may have been leaked several months ago.
Expect to see the standard 3 Series models debut as early as the beginning of October at the Paris Motor Show, with the M3 to arrive in the second half of 2019 or the beginning of 2020.