{"id":62173,"date":"2026-07-27T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/62173\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:41:15","slug":"bmw-m-concept-neue-klasse-new-photos-vs-e30-m3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/62173\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Concept Neue Klasse: New Photos vs E30 M3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article SummaryNew photos pair the BMW M Concept Neue Klasse with an original E30 M3, both cars finished in red.The concept wears Monza Red metallic; the E30 wears the period-correct Cinebar Red.The concept previews the ZA0, BMW’s electric M3 confirmed for a 2027 launch.<\/p>\n

BMW put its electric M3 concept next to an original E30 M3 for a new set of photos, and it\u2019s not a subtle flex. Nothing about the M Concept Neue Klasse itself has changed since it debuted at Le Mans back in June.<\/a> What\u2019s new is the photo set, and the standout shots are the ones with an E30 M3 parked next to it. Both cars are red, though not the same red. The concept wears a new Monza Red metallic, while the E30 is in Cinebar Red, a shade that\u2019s been in BMW\u2019s catalog since the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Why The E30 M3 Next To An Electric M Concept<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s really the whole story here, but it\u2019s worth a reminder of what the arches are copying. The E30 M3 got its flares because the WRC-homologated bodywork needed to cover wider tires, and the shape became one of the most recognizable things about the car. The Concept Neue Klasse\u2019s arches do the same job on a much wider body, and BMW leaned into the reference hard enough that it\u2019s the first thing most people notice in these photos, before the shark nose, before the ducktail spoiler, before the black cross-spoke wheels that are a clear reworking of the E30\u2019s own BBS design.<\/p>\n

The rest of the concept\u2019s details are worth a quick recap, since a lot of readers are seeing this car for the first time. It\u2019s built on the platform underneath the upcoming i3 Neue Klasse sedan, but widened at both axles and fitted with a V-shaped vent where the i3\u2019s front trunk would sit, there to cool the hardware BMW hasn\u2019t fully detailed yet.<\/p>\n

The Heart of Joy At The Center Of All<\/p>\n

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That hardware includes up to four electric motors, an 800-volt architecture, and BMW\u2019s \u201cHeart of Joy\u201d<\/a> control software, though the company still hasn\u2019t published output or range numbers. The center-lock wheels are coded red on one side and blue on the other, a GT3 reference rather than an E30 one, and the double yellow accent lights are borrowed from the M Hybrid V8 endurance racer.<\/p>\n

Inside, it\u2019s four bucket seats in Bathurst Blue and Berry Red Merino leather, red five-point harnesses, and black nubuck leather on the wheel, door panels, and roll bar, which BMW says is a first for an M car. The dashboard is trimmed in black knit fabric with hexagonal backlighting, and the gauge cluster sits in front of the driver rather than getting absorbed into one giant screen. All of it was already known from the June reveal.<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t worry BMW enthusiasts, the gas-powered M3 isn\u2019t going anywhere. A new generation with the G84 chassis code<\/a> is still expected around 2028, a year or so after the electric ZA0 arrives. For now, the concept\u2019s job is just to make people look at the arches and think of 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article SummaryNew photos pair the BMW M Concept Neue Klasse with an original E30 M3, both cars finished…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20955],"tags":[6213,47711,32359,31560],"class_list":["post-62173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw","tag-bmw","tag-e30-m3","tag-m-concept-neue-klasse","tag-za0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}