Introduction - BMW LCI 3 2015 Series Operating Manual

3￿Series LCI
1.￿Introduction
In￿July￿2015,￿the￿model￿revision￿or￿Life￿Cycle￿Impulse￿(LCI)￿of￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿will￿be￿launched
on￿the￿market.
The￿characteristic￿BMW￿proportions,￿the￿short￿overhang￿at￿the￿front,￿the￿long￿wheelbase￿and
the￿extended￿hood￿transmits￿a￿dynamic￿image,￿even￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stationary.￿The￿changes
undertaken￿in￿the￿model￿revision￿add￿further￿emphasis￿to￿this￿impression.
F30￿LCI/F31￿LCI
To￿aid￿understanding,￿the￿model￿revision￿of￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿is￿referred￿to￿in￿this￿document￿as
the￿"BMW 3￿Series LCI",￿or￿the￿individual￿development￿series￿"F30 LCI"￿and￿"F31￿LCI".
The￿most￿important￿changes￿with￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿are:
• Modified￿front￿and￿rear￿bumpers
• More￿premium￿feel￿to￿the￿vehicle￿interior,￿e.g.￿through￿the￿use￿of￿chrome￿inlays
• New￿engine￿generation
• ConnectedShift
• LED￿headlights
• Modified￿halogen￿headlight￿with￿LED￿daytime￿driving￿lights
• Modified￿rear￿lights
• Enhanced￿Parking￿Manoeuvring￿Assistant
• New￿headunit
• New￿telematics￿control￿unit
In￿addition￿to￿the￿wide￿range￿of￿optional￿equipment￿available,￿the￿BMW 3￿Series LCI￿can￿also￿be
individualized￿through￿the￿following￿equipment￿packages:
• M￿Sport￿Package
• Luxury￿Package
• Track￿Handling￿Package
The￿BMW Modern Line￿equipment￿package￿will￿no￿longer￿be￿available.
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