BMW i3, Price, Specs & Review
Compare every BMW i3 variant sold new in Australia. 3 variants. Side-by-side specs, ANCAP safety, fuel economy, EV range and charging, towing capacity, warranty and running costs, pricing sourced from the BMW Australian website and updated weekly. This page also covers 10 previous-generation variants, kept for used-buyer research. Their prices are shown only where we hold BMW's own printed price, as the price when new, never a current offer.
Data checked: specs 23 Oct 2026
BMW i3: price, running costs, warranty, safety and size by grade
Every figure below is read off BMW’s Australian documents for the 3 grades on this page, and each one says which grades it covers. Running costs are estimates and carry their assumptions; anything we do not hold says so.
Price band of each powertrain
| Powertrain | Grades | Price band |
|---|---|---|
| Electric | 3 | No dataNo price on record for 3 of 3 |
Electric: M60 xDrive Sedan, 50 xDrive Sedan and 40 xDrive Sedan
Fuel or energy a year, estimated
- Electric: about $810 a yearEstimate: 15,000 km a year, $0.30/kWh electricity. No official consumption figure for 2 grades in this band
Fuel or energy only. Servicing, rego, insurance and tyres are not in these figures, and your driving and prices will differ.
Warranty and servicing
- New-car warranty
- 5yr / unlimited km · 50 xDrive Sedan
- No data · M60 xDrive Sedan and 40 xDrive Sedan
- Service interval
- 12 months · 50 xDrive Sedan
- No data · M60 xDrive Sedan and 40 xDrive Sedan
- Capped-price servicing
- No data for 3.
ANCAP, by exact grade
- No data
A rating belongs to the exact variant ANCAP tested and is never carried across to a grade or a build year it does not cover. A rating older than six years is marked expired because ANCAP’s own test has moved on.
Safety recalls on the BMW i3
None of the recall notices we have verified is matched to the grades listed here. That is a statement about our register, not a clearance: check a specific car by VIN on the government’s Product Safety Australia recalls register before you buy.
1 more verified notice is matched to other BMW i3 rows we hold, not to the grades above(show)
- The fuel tank ventilation line may not be correctly located. Year range on the notice: 2014 - 2016. REC-000123 on the government register
Size, capacity and weights across the grades
| Figure | Across the grades | Grades holding it |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 4,760 mm | 1 of 3 |
| Width | 1,864 mm | 1 of 3 |
| Height | 1,481 mm | 1 of 3 |
| Wheelbase | 2,897 mm | 1 of 3 |
Not yet on file for any grade on this page: ground clearance, kerb weight, boot space, fuel tank. Those read “No data” until we read them off a source document, rather than a guessed figure.
Every BMW i3 variant in Australia, compared
3 variants of the BMW i3 are on sale in Australia. Tap to compare them side-by-side, then tap any variant for its full specs.
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Every BMW i3 variant in Australia, compared
3 variants of the BMW i3 are on sale in Australia. Tap to compare them side-by-side, then tap any variant for its full specs.
M60 xDrive Sedan2027Price coming soonNo dataNo dataAWDNo data
BMW i3 M60 xDrive Sedan
- Drive
- AWD
The BMW i3 M60 xDrive Sedan is a performance electric sedan that BMW Australia says will be available to order in 2027. It tops the i3 sedan range above the 40 and 50 xDrive. BMW Australia hasn't printed its outputs, range or price yet.
Configure the M60 xDrive Sedan50 xDrive Sedan2026Price coming soon345kW / 645NmNo dataAWD5
BMW i3 50 xDrive Sedan
- Power
- 345kW
- Torque
- 645Nm
- 0–100
- 4.7s
- Gearbox
- Auto
- Drive
- AWD
- Seats
- 5
The BMW i3 50 xDrive Sedan is a fully electric sports sedan and the second production model of BMW's Neue Klasse. BMW Australia's own page now prints a WLTP range of up to 912km, 345kW, 0-100km/h in 4.7 seconds and DC charging at up to 400kW, and the page is live with a Build and Price configurator. BMW says two electric motors using its Gen6 eDrive technology drive the car, with a high-voltage battery on 800-volt technology. BMW Australia prints no recommended retail price for the i3 on its own pages, so we list none. Production starts in Munich in August 2026.
Configure the 50 xDrive Sedan40 xDrive Sedan2027Price coming soon275kWNo dataNo dataNo data
BMW i3 40 xDrive Sedan
- Power
- 275kW
- 0–100
- 5.4s
The BMW i3 40 xDrive Sedan is the entry grade of BMW's new all-electric i3, the Neue Klasse counterpart to the 3 Series, and it is confirmed for Australia. BMW Australia's configurator now builds it and prints 275kW and 0-100km/h in 5.4 seconds, and BMW Australia's i3 page says the car arrives in 2027. BMW Australia publishes no recommended retail price for it, so we list none. It has not published a battery size or driving range for the 40 xDrive either.
Configure the 40 xDrive Sedan
