This one's called the i3 50 xDrive, and it looks like fun.

BMW will relaunch its recently purchased Alpina brand with upmarket designs that will sit between BMW’s high-performance M vehicles and Rolls-Royce, with Bentley and Mercedes’ upmarket Maybach models clearly in its sights.

BMW’s future lineup came into sharper focus last week when the brand’s US online shop accidentally listed several upcoming models ahead of schedule. The leak points to a handful of new vehicles set to arrive for the 2027 model year.

BMW started the press release for the second model of the modern-era Neue Klasse by saying “the BMW 3 Series is the essence of the BMW brand.” The compact executive nameplate has been around since May 1975, and last year it celebrated half a century on the market, which is quite frankly no small feat.

The first models to wear the new BMW Alpina badge will start from the top of the [BMW] brand, with 7 Series and the X7,” BMW Group R&D boss Joachim Post said to Autocar UK at the unveiling of the i3 electric sedan.

If you didn’t sit through the entire live reveal of the new BMW i3, you might have missed the fact that BMW teased something pretty special. The company will be making a new-generation 3 Series Touring—unlike the M3 Touring racing wagon revealed earlier this week,

BMW launched the all-new i3 electric sedan and is giving it the chance to be in the spotlight by phasing out the electric i4

The BMW 3 Series is the essence of the BMW brand. For five decades, this icon has stood for sporty driving pleasure, unmistakably attractive design and consistent progress. A legacy to which every generation of the BMW 3 Series is committed.

And we have a good idea of what to expect from both of them.