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Just now BMW revealed the all new 3 series. It goes with many successors and is quicker and lighter under most conditions. It is more fuel efficient car. Safety aspect of this new car has been even improved. People can see improvement in its quality, comfort, style and specification for just a nominal cost increase. A broad personalization program and a huge choice of trim levels will allow the purchasers of 3 series saloon to order virtually a customized car.

Aggressive is the first thing, which comes to the mind of people when they look at this all new 3 series. This new 3 series looks like scaled down 5 series particularly from the rear three quarter. The body of this new series is stiffer. One can even find new chassis with long wheelbase and broad track too. Overall length has been increased by nearly 93mm, for great agility, this new series of BMW has the characteristic BMW design proportions of short overhangs.

The new feature a drive mode selector known as Drive Performance Control is found in all versions of the new sedan as standard equipment. This new feature lets the driver to swap between up to four driving modes, differing from sporty to very economical. The four driving modes are Sport +, ECO PRO, Comfort and Sport. Only on sport models, one can see Sport +.

ECO PRO changes the manual gearshift points suggested by the best shift Indicator, adjusts the power consumption of features like heated mirrors, seats and climate control and modifies gearshift strategy on models having automatic transmission. Handling transmission duties is a great eight-speed automatic gearbox that provides a broad spread of ratios as compared to the previous six-speed unit without taking up space in the engine bay is available as a substitute to the standard six-speed manual. Now a day, it is provided with each engine for the improvement of the effectiveness. Another feature called Efficient Dynamics technology also gave the earlier BMW 3 series Saloon great benefit. This new feature is available in the new car and has been supplemented too.

In all versions of the BMW, Auto Stop-Start is fitted with Brake Energy Regeneration and tires with less rolling confrontation. The weight has even been lessened by almost up to 50kg as compared to the earlier model. Drag coefficient is down to 0.26. The new 3 series has been the necessary choice of driver. Thanks to its agile chassis set-up, rear-wheel-drive layout, responsive engines and near-perfect 50:50 front-to-rear weight distributions. The new 3 series greatly appeals to the enthusiast.

In India, the new 3 series of BMW has been a runaway success due to its blend of effectiveness, performance. This new car surely takes the legacy forward. People can see the first glimpse of this new car in the year 2012 in India.