Take a First Look at the BMW M Neue Klasse Electric Sports Sedan
Quad motors, a performance-focused 800-volt battery and synthetic M theatrics promise an all-electric rival to the next petrol M3.
Summary
- BMW M has confirmed its first fully electric M car, a quad-motor sports sedan arriving in 2027 on the Neue Klasse platform
- The so-called BMW M Neue Klasse pairs four individually controlled motors and a performance-optimised battery to chase 1,000-plus horsepower while sacrificing some range for sustained track pace
- BMW will sell this electric M3 counterpart alongside a new straight-six petrol M3, using fake gearshifts, synthetic sound and natural-fibre composites to bridge old-school M emotion and next-gen EV tech
BMW is taking the M badge fully electric without diluting what makes it sacred. The upcoming BMW M Neue Klasse, effectively an all-electric M3, runs a radical quad-motor setup with one motor per wheel, packaged as two drive units front and rear. Each wheel gets its own gearbox and torque feed, controlled by the new Heart of Joy supercomputer so the car can fire power or regen to any corner in milliseconds for unreal traction, sharper rotation and genuine rear-drive modes on demand.
Underneath, a Gen6 800-volt pack with more than 100kWh has been re-engineered in a Design to Power spec, trading a little range for brutal, repeatable output and faster charging than the standard Neue Klasse cars. BMW has lowered internal resistance, upgraded cooling and tied the battery structurally into the chassis, so it acts like a stiff spine that helps the suspension and four-motor torque vectoring work harder on both road and circuit. Natural-fibre composites developed in motorsport step in where carbon once ruled, cutting CO2 in production while keeping the lightweight, wide-body M presence intact.
BMW knows the emotional brief matters just as much as the numbers. That is why engineers are layering in simulated gearshifts, M-specific soundscapes and multi-mode setups so this electric M3 alternative still talks to drivers the way an S58 car does, just with more headroom and less compromise. Crucially, M bosses are running the EV and the next combustion M3 in parallel, letting the market decide between straight-six nostalgia and a four-motor future that promises “a new benchmark in the high-performance vehicle segment”.
