BMW IM3, A Potential Name To Become An EV Version M3 Model

BMW M3. (Doc. BMW Group)

JAKARTA - BMW, an automotive manufacturer from Germany, has plans to bring in more electrification ranks in the future, including the high-performance lineup, M. This is again evidenced by the brand that proposed a trademark for one of the models.

It is the M3 that is a fully electric car (EV) model. The manufacturer is rumored to have submitted a trademark application at the European Union Intellectual Property Office and will appear under the name iM3.

Reporting from Carbuzz, Tuesday, November 28, the use of the name IM refers to the electric car developed by the M division. If so, it will affect several models, such as iM4 for EV versions of M4 and iM5 for M5.

Although it will be present in EV versions, future BMW M3 also offers a version of the combustion engine (ICE). According to Frank Weber, BMW's Chief Product Development, said the offer of these two options was indispensable for consumers.

"There will be solutions that coexist in the market, and this is necessary," Weber said.

If BMW M3 wants to stay in the market, then manufacturers have no other choice to produce their electricity version. What's more, the emission policy in certain areas is tight.

However, this trademark filing does not indicate that the electric M3, or iM3, as it will be said, will be launched in the near future. BMW has said several times that it will not produce an electric M3 if it is not better than the current one, meaning that its sensation and performance must be like a traditional M car whose name has been legendary.