2026 BMW i4 gets hotter M60 flagship, longer driving range
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The first-ever BMW M3 EV has been spied on the street with more of its production body on show. It's been clear for a while now the electric 3 Series — possibly badged i3 — and the M3 spin-off will have styling based closely on the 2023 Vision Neue Klasse concept. Like the concept, the production i3/M3 has long, flat bonnet and boot lid, as well as low belt line. Up front there's a wide double kidney grille that blends seamlessly into the headlights. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. At the back a strip of tail-lights lives high up near the boot lid. Unfortunately this car still isn't wearing production-ready lighting units. In the translation to production, the side windows have grown a little deeper and gained frames. Unlike the prototype spied at the beginning of the year, which had a circular disguise pattern on the fenders, we can now properly see bulging wheel arches that will be exclusive to the M3. Naturally the fatter fenders house the car's chunkier rubber and wider track. Our spy photography says this prototype was wearing 20-inch alloy wheels with 275/35 Michelin tyres at the front, and 295/35 rubber at the rear. The agency was also able to zoom in a bit to the interior, where we can see the dashboard features a large central touchscreen, but intriguingly no instrumentation panel directly ahead of the driver. That's because the production i3/M3 will use the new Panoramic iDrive system, which features a pillar-to-pillar digital display at the base of the windscreen for the instruments, compass, media, climate control, and other items. It's understood the M3 will have an electric motor for each wheel, and generate around 746kW in total or 1000hp in the old money. In order to entice performance heads over to the M3 EV, it will likely be quicker to 100km/h than today's 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six-powered M3 CS, which requires 3.4 seconds to bring up the century. Under the skin, the new i3/M3 will use BMW's Neue Klasse EV architecture. The first car based on the platform will be the next-generation iX3 SUV, which is expected to debut some time this year. This will be followed by the i3 in 2026, and the M3 should follow in either 2027 or 2028. MORE: Everything BMW M3 Content originally sourced from: The first-ever BMW M3 EV has been spied on the street with more of its production body on show. It's been clear for a while now the electric 3 Series — possibly badged i3 — and the M3 spin-off will have styling based closely on the 2023 Vision Neue Klasse concept. Like the concept, the production i3/M3 has long, flat bonnet and boot lid, as well as low belt line. Up front there's a wide double kidney grille that blends seamlessly into the headlights. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. At the back a strip of tail-lights lives high up near the boot lid. Unfortunately this car still isn't wearing production-ready lighting units. In the translation to production, the side windows have grown a little deeper and gained frames. Unlike the prototype spied at the beginning of the year, which had a circular disguise pattern on the fenders, we can now properly see bulging wheel arches that will be exclusive to the M3. Naturally the fatter fenders house the car's chunkier rubber and wider track. Our spy photography says this prototype was wearing 20-inch alloy wheels with 275/35 Michelin tyres at the front, and 295/35 rubber at the rear. The agency was also able to zoom in a bit to the interior, where we can see the dashboard features a large central touchscreen, but intriguingly no instrumentation panel directly ahead of the driver. That's because the production i3/M3 will use the new Panoramic iDrive system, which features a pillar-to-pillar digital display at the base of the windscreen for the instruments, compass, media, climate control, and other items. It's understood the M3 will have an electric motor for each wheel, and generate around 746kW in total or 1000hp in the old money. In order to entice performance heads over to the M3 EV, it will likely be quicker to 100km/h than today's 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six-powered M3 CS, which requires 3.4 seconds to bring up the century. Under the skin, the new i3/M3 will use BMW's Neue Klasse EV architecture. The first car based on the platform will be the next-generation iX3 SUV, which is expected to debut some time this year. This will be followed by the i3 in 2026, and the M3 should follow in either 2027 or 2028. MORE: Everything BMW M3 Content originally sourced from: The first-ever BMW M3 EV has been spied on the street with more of its production body on show. It's been clear for a while now the electric 3 Series — possibly badged i3 — and the M3 spin-off will have styling based closely on the 2023 Vision Neue Klasse concept. Like the concept, the production i3/M3 has long, flat bonnet and boot lid, as well as low belt line. Up front there's a wide double kidney grille that blends seamlessly into the headlights. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. At the back a strip of tail-lights lives high up near the boot lid. Unfortunately this car still isn't wearing production-ready lighting units. In the translation to production, the side windows have grown a little deeper and gained frames. Unlike the prototype spied at the beginning of the year, which had a circular disguise pattern on the fenders, we can now properly see bulging wheel arches that will be exclusive to the M3. Naturally the fatter fenders house the car's chunkier rubber and wider track. Our spy photography says this prototype was wearing 20-inch alloy wheels with 275/35 Michelin tyres at the front, and 295/35 rubber at the rear. The agency was also able to zoom in a bit to the interior, where we can see the dashboard features a large central touchscreen, but intriguingly no instrumentation panel directly ahead of the driver. That's because the production i3/M3 will use the new Panoramic iDrive system, which features a pillar-to-pillar digital display at the base of the windscreen for the instruments, compass, media, climate control, and other items. It's understood the M3 will have an electric motor for each wheel, and generate around 746kW in total or 1000hp in the old money. In order to entice performance heads over to the M3 EV, it will likely be quicker to 100km/h than today's 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six-powered M3 CS, which requires 3.4 seconds to bring up the century. Under the skin, the new i3/M3 will use BMW's Neue Klasse EV architecture. The first car based on the platform will be the next-generation iX3 SUV, which is expected to debut some time this year. This will be followed by the i3 in 2026, and the M3 should follow in either 2027 or 2028. MORE: Everything BMW M3 Content originally sourced from: The first-ever BMW M3 EV has been spied on the street with more of its production body on show. It's been clear for a while now the electric 3 Series — possibly badged i3 — and the M3 spin-off will have styling based closely on the 2023 Vision Neue Klasse concept. Like the concept, the production i3/M3 has long, flat bonnet and boot lid, as well as low belt line. Up front there's a wide double kidney grille that blends seamlessly into the headlights. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. At the back a strip of tail-lights lives high up near the boot lid. Unfortunately this car still isn't wearing production-ready lighting units. In the translation to production, the side windows have grown a little deeper and gained frames. Unlike the prototype spied at the beginning of the year, which had a circular disguise pattern on the fenders, we can now properly see bulging wheel arches that will be exclusive to the M3. Naturally the fatter fenders house the car's chunkier rubber and wider track. Our spy photography says this prototype was wearing 20-inch alloy wheels with 275/35 Michelin tyres at the front, and 295/35 rubber at the rear. The agency was also able to zoom in a bit to the interior, where we can see the dashboard features a large central touchscreen, but intriguingly no instrumentation panel directly ahead of the driver. That's because the production i3/M3 will use the new Panoramic iDrive system, which features a pillar-to-pillar digital display at the base of the windscreen for the instruments, compass, media, climate control, and other items. It's understood the M3 will have an electric motor for each wheel, and generate around 746kW in total or 1000hp in the old money. In order to entice performance heads over to the M3 EV, it will likely be quicker to 100km/h than today's 3.0-litre twin-turbo straight-six-powered M3 CS, which requires 3.4 seconds to bring up the century. Under the skin, the new i3/M3 will use BMW's Neue Klasse EV architecture. The first car based on the platform will be the next-generation iX3 SUV, which is expected to debut some time this year. 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The Geely EX5 mid-size electric SUV is already on sale, but a trademark dispute could force it to be renamed. Two months after acceptance of the 'Geely EX5' trademark was published by IP Australia on December 17, 2024, BMW submitted a notice of intention to oppose Geely's filing on February 17, 2025. It has until July 29, 2025 to provide evidence to support its opposition. It appears BMW's opposition to the nameplate is due to the similarity with its long-running X5 nameplate. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. "BMW Group protects its well established reputation in its premium products which are highly regarded and valued by consumers," said a BMW Group Australia spokesperson when asked about the trademark opposition. "We are aware of the application and are considering our options and do not otherwise wish to comment on the related legal processes." But no opposition has been recorded yet for a subsequent Geely filing made on December 23, 2024, of which acceptance was published on May 24, 2025, for simply 'EX5'. Geely has also filed to trademark 'Geely EX2' and 'Geely EX3', which may also fall afoul of BMW given it sells models wearing the X2, iX2, X3 and iX3 nameplates. "Geely Auto Australia is aware of an opposition regarding the trademark of one of its model names. As this is a legal matter, we will not be making any further comments at this stage," said a Geely Auto Australia spokesperson. The EX5 is known in China as the E5, and is sold under the Geely Galaxy sub-brand, which also offers the L7 electric vehicle (EV) and the Starship 7 EM-i plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the latter of which was recently spied testing in Australia. Galaxy branding isn't used here. Geely isn't the first automaker to find itself in a trademark dispute. Audi, for example, opposed trademark applications by Chinese brand Nio in 2023 for the ES6, ES7 and ES8 nameplates, which it argued would be "likely to deceive or cause confusion" and were "substantially identical or deceptively similar" trademarks to its own. The German brand sells vehicles under the S6, S7 and S8 nameplates. It was ultimately unsuccessful in forcing Nio to change its nameplates, though the Chinese brand nevertheless still has yet to enter the Australian market. MG is now launching vehicles with very similar nameplates to Audi models, with the MGS5 EV already on sale and the MGS6 EV due on sale here in 2026. Audi sells both S5 and S6 model variants. Audi didn't respond to our requests for comment following the publication of the MGS5 EV trademark earlier this year. We've also contacted the company about the subsequent filing for MGS6 EV. Content originally sourced from: The Geely EX5 mid-size electric SUV is already on sale, but a trademark dispute could force it to be renamed. Two months after acceptance of the 'Geely EX5' trademark was published by IP Australia on December 17, 2024, BMW submitted a notice of intention to oppose Geely's filing on February 17, 2025. It has until July 29, 2025 to provide evidence to support its opposition. It appears BMW's opposition to the nameplate is due to the similarity with its long-running X5 nameplate. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. "BMW Group protects its well established reputation in its premium products which are highly regarded and valued by consumers," said a BMW Group Australia spokesperson when asked about the trademark opposition. "We are aware of the application and are considering our options and do not otherwise wish to comment on the related legal processes." But no opposition has been recorded yet for a subsequent Geely filing made on December 23, 2024, of which acceptance was published on May 24, 2025, for simply 'EX5'. Geely has also filed to trademark 'Geely EX2' and 'Geely EX3', which may also fall afoul of BMW given it sells models wearing the X2, iX2, X3 and iX3 nameplates. "Geely Auto Australia is aware of an opposition regarding the trademark of one of its model names. As this is a legal matter, we will not be making any further comments at this stage," said a Geely Auto Australia spokesperson. The EX5 is known in China as the E5, and is sold under the Geely Galaxy sub-brand, which also offers the L7 electric vehicle (EV) and the Starship 7 EM-i plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the latter of which was recently spied testing in Australia. Galaxy branding isn't used here. Geely isn't the first automaker to find itself in a trademark dispute. Audi, for example, opposed trademark applications by Chinese brand Nio in 2023 for the ES6, ES7 and ES8 nameplates, which it argued would be "likely to deceive or cause confusion" and were "substantially identical or deceptively similar" trademarks to its own. The German brand sells vehicles under the S6, S7 and S8 nameplates. It was ultimately unsuccessful in forcing Nio to change its nameplates, though the Chinese brand nevertheless still has yet to enter the Australian market. MG is now launching vehicles with very similar nameplates to Audi models, with the MGS5 EV already on sale and the MGS6 EV due on sale here in 2026. Audi sells both S5 and S6 model variants. Audi didn't respond to our requests for comment following the publication of the MGS5 EV trademark earlier this year. We've also contacted the company about the subsequent filing for MGS6 EV. Content originally sourced from: The Geely EX5 mid-size electric SUV is already on sale, but a trademark dispute could force it to be renamed. Two months after acceptance of the 'Geely EX5' trademark was published by IP Australia on December 17, 2024, BMW submitted a notice of intention to oppose Geely's filing on February 17, 2025. It has until July 29, 2025 to provide evidence to support its opposition. It appears BMW's opposition to the nameplate is due to the similarity with its long-running X5 nameplate. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. "BMW Group protects its well established reputation in its premium products which are highly regarded and valued by consumers," said a BMW Group Australia spokesperson when asked about the trademark opposition. "We are aware of the application and are considering our options and do not otherwise wish to comment on the related legal processes." But no opposition has been recorded yet for a subsequent Geely filing made on December 23, 2024, of which acceptance was published on May 24, 2025, for simply 'EX5'. Geely has also filed to trademark 'Geely EX2' and 'Geely EX3', which may also fall afoul of BMW given it sells models wearing the X2, iX2, X3 and iX3 nameplates. "Geely Auto Australia is aware of an opposition regarding the trademark of one of its model names. As this is a legal matter, we will not be making any further comments at this stage," said a Geely Auto Australia spokesperson. The EX5 is known in China as the E5, and is sold under the Geely Galaxy sub-brand, which also offers the L7 electric vehicle (EV) and the Starship 7 EM-i plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the latter of which was recently spied testing in Australia. Galaxy branding isn't used here. Geely isn't the first automaker to find itself in a trademark dispute. Audi, for example, opposed trademark applications by Chinese brand Nio in 2023 for the ES6, ES7 and ES8 nameplates, which it argued would be "likely to deceive or cause confusion" and were "substantially identical or deceptively similar" trademarks to its own. The German brand sells vehicles under the S6, S7 and S8 nameplates. It was ultimately unsuccessful in forcing Nio to change its nameplates, though the Chinese brand nevertheless still has yet to enter the Australian market. MG is now launching vehicles with very similar nameplates to Audi models, with the MGS5 EV already on sale and the MGS6 EV due on sale here in 2026. Audi sells both S5 and S6 model variants. Audi didn't respond to our requests for comment following the publication of the MGS5 EV trademark earlier this year. We've also contacted the company about the subsequent filing for MGS6 EV. Content originally sourced from: The Geely EX5 mid-size electric SUV is already on sale, but a trademark dispute could force it to be renamed. Two months after acceptance of the 'Geely EX5' trademark was published by IP Australia on December 17, 2024, BMW submitted a notice of intention to oppose Geely's filing on February 17, 2025. It has until July 29, 2025 to provide evidence to support its opposition. It appears BMW's opposition to the nameplate is due to the similarity with its long-running X5 nameplate. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. "BMW Group protects its well established reputation in its premium products which are highly regarded and valued by consumers," said a BMW Group Australia spokesperson when asked about the trademark opposition. "We are aware of the application and are considering our options and do not otherwise wish to comment on the related legal processes." But no opposition has been recorded yet for a subsequent Geely filing made on December 23, 2024, of which acceptance was published on May 24, 2025, for simply 'EX5'. Geely has also filed to trademark 'Geely EX2' and 'Geely EX3', which may also fall afoul of BMW given it sells models wearing the X2, iX2, X3 and iX3 nameplates. "Geely Auto Australia is aware of an opposition regarding the trademark of one of its model names. As this is a legal matter, we will not be making any further comments at this stage," said a Geely Auto Australia spokesperson. The EX5 is known in China as the E5, and is sold under the Geely Galaxy sub-brand, which also offers the L7 electric vehicle (EV) and the Starship 7 EM-i plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the latter of which was recently spied testing in Australia. Galaxy branding isn't used here. Geely isn't the first automaker to find itself in a trademark dispute. Audi, for example, opposed trademark applications by Chinese brand Nio in 2023 for the ES6, ES7 and ES8 nameplates, which it argued would be "likely to deceive or cause confusion" and were "substantially identical or deceptively similar" trademarks to its own. The German brand sells vehicles under the S6, S7 and S8 nameplates. It was ultimately unsuccessful in forcing Nio to change its nameplates, though the Chinese brand nevertheless still has yet to enter the Australian market. MG is now launching vehicles with very similar nameplates to Audi models, with the MGS5 EV already on sale and the MGS6 EV due on sale here in 2026. Audi sells both S5 and S6 model variants. Audi didn't respond to our requests for comment following the publication of the MGS5 EV trademark earlier this year. We've also contacted the company about the subsequent filing for MGS6 EV. Content originally sourced from:
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BMW vs Geely: Brands in local fight over trademarks
The Geely EX5 mid-size electric SUV is already on sale, but a trademark dispute could force it to be renamed. Two months after acceptance of the 'Geely EX5' trademark was published by IP Australia on December 17, 2024, BMW submitted a notice of intention to oppose Geely's filing on February 17, 2025. It has until July 29, 2025 to provide evidence to support its opposition. It appears BMW's opposition to the nameplate is due to the similarity with its long-running X5 nameplate. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. 'BMW Group protects its well established reputation in its premium products which are highly regarded and valued by consumers,' said a BMW Group Australia spokesperson when asked about the trademark opposition. 'We are aware of the application and are considering our options and do not otherwise wish to comment on the related legal processes.' But no opposition has been recorded yet for a subsequent Geely filing made on December 23, 2024, of which acceptance was published on May 24, 2025, for simply 'EX5'. Geely has also filed to trademark 'Geely EX2' and 'Geely EX3', which may also fall afoul of BMW given it sells models wearing the X2, iX2, X3 and iX3 nameplates. 'Geely Auto Australia is aware of an opposition regarding the trademark of one of its model names. As this is a legal matter, we will not be making any further comments at this stage,' said a Geely Auto Australia spokesperson. The EX5 is known in China as the E5, and is sold under the Geely Galaxy sub-brand, which also offers the L7 electric vehicle (EV) and the Starship 7 EM-i plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the latter of which was recently spied testing in Australia. Galaxy branding isn't used here. Geely isn't the first automaker to find itself in a trademark dispute. Audi, for example, opposed trademark applications by Chinese brand Nio in 2023 for the ES6, ES7 and ES8 nameplates, which it argued would be 'likely to deceive or cause confusion' and were 'substantially identical or deceptively similar' trademarks to its own. The German brand sells vehicles under the S6, S7 and S8 nameplates. It was ultimately unsuccessful in forcing Nio to change its nameplates, though the Chinese brand nevertheless still has yet to enter the Australian market. MG is now launching vehicles with very similar nameplates to Audi models, with the MGS5 EV already on sale and the MGS6 EV due on sale here in 2026. Audi sells both S5 and S6 model variants.
