The BMW 3 Series just received its mid-cycle refresh and it’s lookin’ sharp. While the pre-LCI car was really handsome to begin with, with unique looking headlights, appropriately-sized kidney grilles, and one of the only subtle designs in BMW’s lineup. Thankfully, the new LCI kept its handsome subtly while sharpening a few of its details to make it feel sportier. In this new photo gallery, you get to see the facelifted 2023 BMW M340i in Frozen Pure Grey and it looks great.
In a world of BMW X7s, 7 Series’, and 4 Series’, it’s great to see a BMW as handsome as this newly facelifted 3er. Frozen Grey is a great color choice because it’s pretty simple and unassuming but when you get up close its matte finish makes it seem more special. It also works well with the black accents of the M340i.
The BMW 3 Series Facelift comes with a “significantly more muscular and distinctive” kidney grille, a glossy black inside with a chrome frame and double slats. or optional mesh design. The sports sedan gets slimmer headlights with sharper LED daytime running lights looking like an upside down “L.” The BMW M340i Facelift M Performance version gets the adaptive LED headlights with blue accents as standard equipment. To simplify the light design, the new 3 Series has lost its separate fog lights as these have been integrated into the main headlights.
Beneath the new mesh grille and headlights, much larger air intakes replace the old, smaller ones. This is probably the largest area of improvement. The large air intakes of the M Sport Package are also painted in the same body color as the car, compared to black as before. Next, the front fascia received a hexagonal air intake flanked by air curtains. At the back, the taillights have remained essentially the same, but the bumper incorporates a meaner diffuser and a large glossy black area with vertical reflectors.
Due to pedestrian regulations, the nose is also more angles, shark-like, while the gap between the kidneys and bumper is extremely slim. According to BMW, the car is now 4mm longer, but that’s mostly due to the aforementioned changes…
