New (2026) BMW 3-Series

[survivalist]

Seems they skipped the design stage and dropped a Mitsubishi Gallant into an AI image generator.



https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/3-series/365054/...

[paradigital]

Looks like a Vauxhall Astra saloon.

[Bill]

paradigital said:

Looks like a Vauxhall Astra saloon an improvement.

EFA.

[paradigital]

Bill said:

paradigital said:

Looks like a Vauxhall Astra saloon an improvement.

EFA.

An improvement over what? It looks awful.

I already held off replacing my F33 with a G3x because the styling was… challenging, but this is both generic and awful. It could easily be a Chinese newcomer on looks alone.

[survivalist]

paradigital said:

Bill said:

paradigital said:

Looks like a Vauxhall Astra saloon an improvement.

EFA.

An improvement over what? It looks awful.

I already held off replacing my F33 with a G3x because the styling was… challenging, but this is both generic and awful. It could easily be a Chinese newcomer on looks alone.

And therein lies the problem. Unless there's a nice 6 cylinder engine, why would you choose this over any other generic saloon?

[g3org3y]

Are these legit images or one of those Auto Express imaginings?

[bishop finger]

hope they go under

[BenS94]

g3org3y said:

Are these legit images or one of those Auto Express imaginings?

The latter. But typically people ignore that and take them as gospel.

[JaredVannett]

BenS94 said:

g3org3y said:

Are these legit images or one of those Auto Express imaginings?

The latter. But typically people ignore that and take them as gospel.

I'm too lazy to do it but it would be interesting if we could find one of their past drawings to compare to the actual model that came out.

I remember when we were in denial over the rumoured large vertical kidney grills and waddya' know the released model matched the drawing lol.

[Bill]

paradigital said:

An improvement over what? It looks awful.

The current big nostrilled monstrosity.

[Fox-]

paradigital said:

An improvement over what? It looks awful.

I already held off replacing my F33 with a G3x because the styling was… challenging

This surprises me as the previous 5 series is far from challenging, it is a great looking car. Some might argue it looks a bit boring but I can't see anything about it that was challenging.

[Fox-]

Bill said:

The current big nostrilled monstrosity.

The current 3 series doesn't have those. It has a very ordinary looking front for a BMW, probably because it was introduced in late 2018 and therefore before the new design direction.