{"id":11499,"date":"2018-11-16T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2018-11-16T12:27:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:27:48","slug":"11499","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11499","title":{"rendered":"BMW\u2019s new top of the range, seventh generation, M Performance 3 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11503\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11503\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11503\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BMW-3-Series-e1542396351719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"424\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The all-new BMW 3 Series Sedan &#8211; BMW M340i xDrive. Photo BMW.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>BMW\u2019s new top of the range, seventh generation, M Performance 3 Series\u20142020 BMW M340i and M340i xDrive sedans\u2014will make its world debut at the 2018 Los Angeles International Auto Show November 30 to December 9 with the M340i xDrive model.<\/p>\n<p>The new BMW M Performance models feature an updated six-cylinder in-line gasoline engine, M Performance chassis tuning, optional xDrive intelligent all-wheel drive and the standard M Sport rear differential and promises to deliver performance attributes that will satisfy and impress any driver.<\/p>\n<p>The rear-wheel drive BMW M340i come with reduced weight compared to its all-wheel drive sibling and enhanced steering feel compared to the outgoing models. The BMW M340i xDrive Sedan adds the increased traction of all-wheel drive to improve the new model\u2019s abilities in both dry and adverse road conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of the straight-six engine, developed for the BMW M340i and M340i xDrive Sedans, produces 382 horsepower and peak torque of 369 lb-ft.<\/p>\n<p>A 0-100 km\/h time of 4.4 seconds (provisional figure) takes this new BMW M Performance model into territory previously inhabited by BMW M cars.<\/p>\n<p>Early summer of 2019 will see the arrival of the BMW M340i and M340i xDrive sedans in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW\u2019s new top of the range, seventh generation, M Performance 3 Series\u20142020 BMW M340i and M340i xDrive sedans\u2014will make its world debut at the 2018 Los Angeles International Auto Show November 30 to December 9 with the M340i xDrive model. The new BMW M Performance models feature an updated six-cylinder in-line gasoline engine, M Performance<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=11499\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bmw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11499"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11504,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11499\/revisions\/11504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}