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The BMW i4 has been up to date for the 2026 mannequin 12 months, bringing minor exterior tweaks, an extended driving vary and the M Sport package deal as normal.
Nevertheless, the mid-size electrical liftback sedan – BMW’s reply to the favored Tesla Mannequin 3 – is now now obtainable in Australia in solely a single mannequin grade that’s additionally dearer than earlier than.
The 2026 BMW i4 eDrive35 Gran Coupe will has been priced from $88,900 earlier than on-road prices forward of its arrival in showrooms later this 12 months – $1100 greater than beforehand – but it surely has extra normal tools and functionality.
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Importantly, its price ticket stays under the Luxurious Automobile Tax (LCT) threshold, an element contributing to the i4 outselling the Mercedes-Benz C-Class in 2024, serving to the premium German auto model to rank fourth when it comes to electrical automobile (EV) gross sales in Australia.
BMW Australia says the entry-level eDrive35 made up nearly all of its i4 gross sales, accounting for 75 per cent of all i4s offered on this market because the mannequin was launched in 2023.
The recognition of the bottom grade prompted the choice to drop the i4 eDrive 40 and the flagship i4 eDrive 60 variants from the lineup, and to supply solely the eDrive35 right here as BMW awaits contemporary inventory of the upgraded i4.
For 2026, the i4 eDrive35 receives minor exterior design modifications, as seen with European variations earlier this 12 months.
This features a ‘diamond textured’ grille and redesigned headlights with new ‘vertical construction’ daytime working lights and indicators.
Australian autos additionally come normal with a beforehand unavailable M Sport package deal together with facet skirts, rear bumper diffuser, and 18-inch M mild alloy wheels.
Inside, there’s additionally an flat-bottom, leather-wrapped M Sport steering wheel with 12 o’clock marker, and the selection of brushed aluminium or ash gray with open-pore fantastic wooden highlights at no further prices.
The entrance seats are powered, heated, embrace adjustable lumbar assist, and might be had in black or cognac colored ‘Sensatec’ artificial leather-based trim, whereas an electrical sunroof can be now normal.
Driving vary has been prolonged by 18km to 448km, in response to Australian Design Rule 81/02, which equates to round 381km on the WLTP scale.
The advance comes from the addition of silicon carbide semiconductor elements within the i4’s energy electronics, which BMW says brings a 4.5 per cent discount in vitality consumption.
There are not any different modifications to the powertrain, which continues to comprise a single electrical motor driving the rear wheels, producing 210kW of energy and 400Nm of torque – sufficient for a claimed 0-100km/h time of 6.0 seconds.
BMW says the 66.4kWh battery might be utterly charged by way of 11kW AC energy in seven hours, and that DC fast-charging up at a most 180kW can present a full cost in 32 minutes.
Choices embrace bigger alloy wheels as much as 21-inch, in addition to metallic paint (all colors aside from Alpine White) for an extra $2000.
The i4 helped BMW Australia promote thrice the variety of EVs as Mercedes-Benz, and greater than 10 occasions the variety of EVs as Audi, in Australia final 12 months.
On the identical time, the petrol-powered 4 Sequence Gran Coupe sedan was axed in Australia in November 2024.
A brand new wave of electrical BMWs is on the way in which, based mostly on the Bavarian model’s next-generation ‘Neue Klasse’ (new class) EV platform, which debuted underneath the brand new iX3 on the Munich motor present in Germany final month.
| Mannequin | Value earlier than on street prices |
|---|---|
| 2026 BMW i4 eDrive35 Gran Coupe | $88,900 (+$1100) |
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