{"id":483179,"date":"2026-03-19T01:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483179\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:40:15","slug":"bmw-i4-production-to-end-after-arrival-of-new-i3-saloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483179\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW i4 production to end after arrival of new i3 saloon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BMW i4<\/a> will be discontinued next year, with its place in the line-up absorbed by the newly launched i3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The i4 has been on sale since 2021 and was, alongside the iX<\/a>, among the first volume EVs launched by the German brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, its place in the line-up has effectively been made redundant by the launch of the similarity sized and much more technically advanced i3, which was revealed in Munich today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, sources at BMW<\/a> have told Autocar that production of the i4 will end next year. It is built at BMW\u2019s main Munich plant, where production of the i3 is due to begin imminently.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the sidelines of the i3\u2019s unveiling, BMW Group product boss Jochen Goller said axing the five-year-old i4 to give the electric 3 Series more breathing space in the line-up was always part of the plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look back on the last 20 years, you always had new models coming in and old models phasing out,\u201d he said. “So I think this is part of the history of our industry.<\/p>\n

“And what you will always see is the volumes of the existing cars, in this case the i4, phasing out, and then [the new car], the i3, clearly ramping up. But\u00a0as with every model, that was already factored into our planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Goller confirmed that the current i4 won\u2019t be immediately replaced, Autocar previously reported that BMW is working on a new 4 Series<\/a> positioned as a more style-focused and dynamic alternative to the 3 Series<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Development boss Joachim Post told Autocar earlier this year that the 4 Series \u201cis an important car for us\u201d and confirmed that there is a place for it in BMW\u2019s emerging Neue Klasse line-up. “It will play an important role also for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goller confirmed\u00a0today that BMW\u2019s future strategy is to offer each model with a mix of powertrains and the same design regardless of powertrain. As such, the new 4 Series will be sold with the same mix of powertrains as the 3 Series \u2013 a new ICE saloon will join the i3 later this year \u2013 meaning an electric 4 Series will return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BMW i4 will be discontinued next year, with its place in the line-up absorbed by the newly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-483179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}