As we've been alluding to, the 2012 F30 3 series will be revealed mid-next month (Friday, October 14 to be exact) via online reveal, and live at a BMW press event. Autobild has posted the engine range that will be available for the F30 at launch, as follows:
Gasoline:
316i - 134hp
320i - 181hp
325i - 218hp (likely to come later)
328i - 242hp (2.0L inline 4 cylinder twinpower turbo N20 motor) (US bound)
335i - 302hp (3.0L inline 6 cylinder twinpower turbo) (US bound)
Diesel (all turbocharged):
316d - 114hp
318d - 141hp
320d - 181hp
*323d likely to come later
*335d likely to come later
Hybrid:
3.0L gasoline engine + electric motor - 335hp (
first spy photos)
F30 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
The F30 3-series sedan will begin production in
November 2011 (see chart below), shortly after the E90 3-series stops production in October. The F30 2012 Model Year will run until June 2012, upon which point it will switch to the 2013 Model Year.
As the schedule below shows, the F30 3-series will come as
328i and
335i models (as noted above).
Production will continue at BMW's Munich and Regensburg plants. The South African produced F30 328i (denoted by "SA") begins later, in February 2012.
F30 SALES SCHEDULE
F30 sales are expected to begin in Europe around the time of its world public premiere at the 2011 Geneva show - in March, 2012. US sales should begin in late Spring of 2012. Usually, production starts just two or three months prior to market launch, but we assume BMW will use the four months' time between production start and market launch to build enough demo cars for their dealerships around the globe.
The F30 xi models will go on sale sometime in 3rd quarter of 2012 (from September on). This applies world-wide.
BMW USA will build up an inventory of E90 models so they have 3-series sedans to sell during the time between E90 EOP and the F30 market launch.
Follow our complete F30 coverage @
http://www.bimmerpost.com/3-series/f30/
U.S. Market Production Schedule:
