Apart from that, BMW's adaptive mode, which through
electronic gizmos adapts to the owner's driving style to enhance driving dynamics, will also be debuting in the
new 3 Series for the first time.
Active roll stabilization;
electronic damper control; four - wheel steering; eight - speed transmission; a
new twin - scroll, single - turbo 3.0 - liter in - line six putting out 300 horsepower and 300 pound - feet of torque (or a twin - turbo 4.4 - liter V - 8 with 400 hp, in the 550i);
new robotic parking assistance; head - up display; night vision; stop - and - go adaptive cruise control, which will maintain a following distance in traffic and slow to a stop, then start rolling again, just like traffic on the 405; and roughly 8 million other acronymic systems, gadgets,
gizmos and flight surfaces loomed to the car's high - speed cerebellum.