First Electric M Car Will Be Called The BMW iM3
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The BMW M3 will someday go electric, and thanks to a trademark application made at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (and another identical application at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office), we can now confirm what that car's name is likely to be: iM3.

Trademark fillings for the iM3 name have been found. But it also looks like an iM3 and M3 might be on sale at the same time

  • Strydhorst@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If they can keep the weight down on this, I think it’ll sell to the North American market without issue. They just have to translate the performance that M is built on to this electric platform without sacrificing too much more than the beloved engine note.

  • kon---@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If they’re not manufacturing an iM3 until it’s as good as the current gas powered, it’s years off if ever.

    Until and or unless an iM3 can reach and more importantly, maintain 155 mph as well as track day being an equivalent experience to gas engine running all day long…it’s not happening.

    • pegasusairforce@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      If they’re planning on selling both at the same time, it’s still plausible. People who buy EV’s dont really care much about track performance anyways, as long as it has some impressive straight line acceleration that will be good enough for the EV crowd.

      The ICE is for the enthusiast, the EV is for the guy who wants a daily driver thats not as boring as Tesla.

      • stav_and_nick@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Maybe, but realistically, how many M cars actually get tracked? There isn’t much info out there but I’d highly doubt it’s more than 25%; and even that’s generous

  • paolooch@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    EV issues aside, M is very different than what it was founded on. I have no problem with an M EV, or even how M has evolved. Everything needs to. For me, i think I have owned my last BMW. An electric M lineup is inevitable and most of us accepted it a couple of years ago.