2027 BMW 3 Series: EV vs Gas. These Two Cars Are Very Different

So I'm here in France to test drive the all-new BMW 3 Series right here. Now, I can't talk about it yet, not for a few more days, no driving impressions, but I can give you some other information about it, including some interesting sort of facts that I think are just going to be perfect for the car nerds out there. So this right here is the fully electric i3 which is a lovely machine and then if you go right behind it over here we have the M350 a gasoline powered model now they look basically identical right i mean in fact they do so you might be surprised to learn that they don't have the same dimensions at all they don't have the same width the same height uh the track on them is different there's a lot that's pretty different about these two vehicles So the i3 is actually 37 millimeters or roughly 1.5 inches longer in the wheelbase. Now, that's to accommodate that big battery pack that sticks underneath the car. So that's interesting, except would you believe that it's actually Five millimeters shorter in overall length. And that's because the gasoline-powered model actually has a longer front nose on it. Now, a bit of a cheat way to figure that out, if you come around here to the side of the vehicle and you look at those fenders, look at the wheel sitting inside the fender, and you can see there, it's a pretty thin little bit of space right behind the wheel. Now, come on over here to the gas-powered model, and look at this. There's the fender. This is not a trick of the camera. A lot more space right behind the wheels.