BEAUTY & SPACE REDEFINED. BMW’s experiment to find the perfect ‘one size fits all’ executive car didn’t get off to the best of starts, but it’s forging ahead regardless with the BMW 3-series GT. The BMW 3-Series GT is the hatchback version of 3-Series Saloon.
BEAUTY & SPACE REDEFINED.
BMW’s experiment to find the perfect ‘one size fits all’ executive car didn’t get off to the best of starts, but it’s forging ahead regardless with the BMW 3-series GT.
The BMW 3-Series GT is the hatchback version of 3-Series Saloon.
The 3-series GT mixes an extended wheelbase and body with a liftback boot, and adds a slightly raised ride height with a coupé-like roofline. As such, the GT is 200mm longer overall, has a 110mm longer wheelbase and is 81mm taller than an equivalent estate. But, thanks to its arcing silhouette and elongated tail, it’s designed to have the visual appeal of a liftback coupé rather than that of a utility car.
An appreciation of what the 3GT’s unorthodox dimensions offer in terms of increased cabin space is crucial to the car’s appeal, but anyone expecting a drastic step change from either of its 3-series stablemates will perhaps feel short-changed by the new addition. Instead, this is a reasonably subtle embellishment of the already excellent space on offer elsewhere.
BMW’s experiment to find the perfect ‘one size fits all’ executive car didn’t get off to the best of starts, but it’s forging ahead regardless with the BMW 3-series GT.
The BMW 3-Series GT is the hatchback version of 3-Series Saloon.
The 3-series GT mixes an extended wheelbase and body with a liftback boot, and adds a slightly raised ride height with a coupé-like roofline. As such, the GT is 200mm longer overall, has a 110mm longer wheelbase and is 81mm taller than an equivalent estate. But, thanks to its arcing silhouette and elongated tail, it’s designed to have the visual appeal of a liftback coupé rather than that of a utility car.
An appreciation of what the 3GT’s unorthodox dimensions offer in terms of increased cabin space is crucial to the car’s appeal, but anyone expecting a drastic step change from either of its 3-series stablemates will perhaps feel short-changed by the new addition. Instead, this is a reasonably subtle embellishment of the already excellent space on offer elsewhere.
