BMW tried charging G20 owners an annual subscription just to use Apple CarPlay — hardware already built into the car that cost BMW nothing to keep running. The backlash killed the fee within months.
Lead trim: 330i
See a BMW 3 Series on the street, point Burbles at it, and the card goes in your binder. Own one? Add it to your garage in the app.
FactBMW tried charging G20 owners an annual subscription just to use Apple CarPlay — hardware already built into the car that cost BMW nothing to keep running. The backlash killed the fee within months.
Real BMW 3 Series cards spotted on the street by Burbles collectors. Tap any card to flip it over, inspect the collector’s binder, or follow them.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERThe E36 is the odd one out in BMW's 3 Series history: the only generation sandwiched between two AWD-available cars (E30, E46) that never offered all-wheel drive.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTThe F30 broke a tradition: "328i" had always meant a naturally-aspirated six, but this generation put a turbo four-cylinder under that badge.
VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERBuried inside this generation is one of BMW's rarest road cars: just 10 street-legal, V8-powered M3 GTR 'Straßen Version' examples were built in 2001, purely so the race car could meet homologation rules.
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 330i | 2023–2025 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 255 hp | 295 lb-ft | 5.6 s | RWD | ZF 8HP 8-speed automatic | $44,500 |
| 330i xDrive | 2023–2025 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 255 hp | 295 lb-ft | 5.3 s | AWD | automatic | $46,500 |
An estimate, for the 330i trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Nobody has claimed one yet.
The new M Performance 3 Series can deliberately break its own traction: the M350 xDrive's "Drift Moment" mode temporarily switches the car to rear-wheel drive just so it can drift.
This 3 Series isn't really one car — the gas G50 and the electric NA0 look nearly identical and share a badge, but BMW built them on two completely unrelated platforms.
BMW had the M340i on sale within months of unveiling the all-new G20 3 Series — one of the very first variants in the lineup to reach showrooms.
BMW tried charging G20 owners an annual subscription just to use Apple CarPlay — hardware already built into the car that cost BMW nothing to keep running. The backlash killed the fee within months.
Low-volume AC Schnitzer tuner package on G20 3 Series, few imported or built for North America. About 2,000 on North American roads today (estimate).
The F30 broke a tradition: "328i" had always meant a naturally-aspirated six, but this generation put a turbo four-cylinder under that badge.
This 3 Series family broke new ground for the segment: the E93 convertible was BMW's first with a folding hardtop, and one of the first retractable hardtops at its price point.
Buried inside this generation is one of BMW's rarest road cars: just 10 street-legal, V8-powered M3 GTR 'Straßen Version' examples were built in 2001, purely so the race car could meet homologation rules.
The E36 is the odd one out in BMW's 3 Series history: the only generation sandwiched between two AWD-available cars (E30, E46) that never offered all-wheel drive.
The E30's bones live on in the cult BMW Z1 roadster, which borrowed a widened version of its front suspension and the 325i's drivetrain.
BMW launched this generation inside the Munich Olympic Stadium in July 1975, and never once built an M3 version of it.
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Dodge's wildest factory option: the 2022 'Jailbreak Edition' let buyers customize an 807-hp Hellcat Redeye Charger straight from the factory, as if breaking it free of a standard build sheet.
Tesla eliminated the Model 3's stalk-mounted turn signal switch and moved the function to buttons on the steering wheel for the Highland redesign.
For the first time ever, every C-Class engine option became a four-cylinder — this generation quietly dropped the six-cylinder choice entirely, pairing a 48-volt system with each one.
The VA-generation WRX STI kept the previous generation's 2.5-liter EJ257 engine rather than adopting the new FA20 used in the standard WRX.
After nine generations sold at home, Toyota finally built a Camry that Japan itself can't buy — the XV80 is assembled there purely for export.
One of the world's best-selling mid-size sedans skipped a market entirely for this generation: the 11th-gen Accord was never sold in Malaysia, after sales of the previous generation there kept declining.
The 11th-generation Civic is the first since the late-1970s second generation not to offer any two-door body style.
BMW had the M340i on sale within months of unveiling the all-new G20 3 Series — one of the very first variants in the lineup to reach showrooms.
