E92/E93 3 Series Facelift Coming into Focus

The latest N54 update is in fact the twin-scroll, single turbo N55 engine present on the 5-series GT, which produces the same 306hp/400Nm as the N54. The 326hp is produced by N54 only using the BMW Performance Power Kit. I don’t think BMW will make the power kit as standard in the 335i (maybe an option), because at this time it focuses more on emissions than power.

The front end now looks like a Pontiac. The internal changes to the engine will be welcome. Pontiac is Dead! Long live Pontiac!!

@freeman: Unfortunately I agree, the same can be said about a lot of cars these days. Thank the stringent US and EU pedestrian safety requirements on car design for that…front ends need to be low enough to strike below the knee and the hood near the windshield needs to be high enough to create the space needed to fit an engine. The result is a safer car but really limits was designers can do, hence the common Pontiac-like wedge front end.

re: the Pontiac / BMW resemblance….the main photo does have a kind of late Pontiac GTO appearance about it….perhaps that would be one way to prop up Pontiac resale values – apply a few strategically-placed roundels!!