May 13th, 2012
Note: US specific information should follow shortly as we have confirmed that the F31 will indeed be coming to North America.
Official Release: Cutting-edge Touring concept combines dynamic performance, elegance and versatility in a perfectly proportioned overall package.
More space for passengers and luggage: 495 litres of stowage room sets the benchmark in this segment.
40:20:40 folding rear seat bench (standard), rear window opens separately from automatic tailgate (standard), separate partition net and luggage compartment cover. The latter can also be stored in the underfloor compartment.
Modern Line, Luxury Line, Sport Line and M Sport package plus an extensive selection of assistance systems, including full-colour Head-Up Display.
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Feb 20th, 2012
Official Release: For a long time, motorists regarded air conditioning merely as a guarantee of a cool workplace when behind the wheel. During the early 1980s, the optional extra was predominantly ordered as protection against the midsummer heat inside the car, true to the motto: the heat has to stay out, irrespective of how hot the sun is. The greater the “refrigerator feeling” experienced by occupants was, the more effective an air conditioning system was considered to be.
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Feb 20th, 2012
With the recent sales start of the 2012 3 Series sedan full attention in the 3er realm is being directed at the 2013 3 Sport Wagon. The 3 Series Sports Wagon will make its debut at the Leipzig auto show this June. But perhaps more important to many of our readers is that we’ve confirmed an on sale date for the US market.
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Oct 17th, 2011
Updated: Problem solved. Our suspicions have proven true and Insideline didn’t quite get the whole story. According to Autoblog and their sources at BMW (good ones we hear) the F31 3 Series wagon WILL come to the US.
The US wagon saga continues with yet another quote from a BMW executive. However in contrast to BMWNA recently retired CEO Jim O’Donnel, BMW Board member Ian Robertson thinks that a 3 Series wagon doesn’t work financially in the US. Insideline is quoting Mr. Robertson as saying that BMW has no plans to import the forthcoming her wagon. It sounds like a stake in the heart of the F31 for the US market but we can’t help but feel a little suspicious given that the article doesn’t directly quote Robertson as saying the F31 is dead in the US.
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Aug 10th, 2011
Feast your eyes on the first look at the F31 3 Series wagon. Our friends from Kilometer Magazine have scooped the wagon while making it’s maiden prototype voyage out in the open around Munich. To our eyes it’s another in the long line of attractive 3er wagons that offers the perfect blend of performance and utility.
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