BMW 3 Series F30/F31/F34

The F30/F31/F34 is the BMW 3 Series generation our specification records cover for US model years 2014–2019. Across that run EPA certified 88 versions of it for sale in America, under 20 trim names. It was sold as a sedan, Touring and Gran Turismo.

Dimensions are the figures the panel above does not carry. The F30 measures 182.3 in · 4,630 mm to 190.2 in · 4,831 mm long, sits on a wheelbase of 110.6 in · 2,809 mm to 115.0 in · 2,921 mm and weighs 3,250 lb · 1,474 kg to 4,112 lb · 1,865 kg. Length and wheelbase come from Transport Canada, which measures every vehicle sold in North America; curb weight from the same source.

The generation did not stand still: the strongest version rose from 300 hp in 2014 to 322 hp in 2019, and the best combined economy dropped from 36 mpg to 30 mpg. An F30 from the first model year and one from the last are not the same proposition, which is worth remembering when a listing gives only the chassis code.

Set against the E90 that preceded it, the F30 is 4.0 inches longer at the shortest version. That figure is taken from the lightest and shortest version we hold for each, so it compares like with like rather than setting a base car against a loaded one.

Of the 88 versions we hold under this code, 49 are all-wheel drive and 39 rear-wheel drive; by fuel, 70 petrol, 15 diesel and 3 plug-in hybrid. That matters on the used market more than it looks: which axles are driven changes the weight, the service list and the price, and the badge does not always say which you are looking at.

This archive holds 7 original US brochures covering the F30, with the text of each one searchable. They are the source of the figures no government record collects — torque, acceleration and the equipment lists — and they are what BMW told American buyers at the time rather than what is said about the car now.

Gaps are left as gaps. We do not hold curb weight for 17 of the 88 and horsepower for 15, because Transport Canada does not publish a weight for every model and EPA began recording certified output usefully only in the late 1990s. A dash on this site means the figure is not in a source we can name, never that it is roughly the same as the row above.