BMW has published new images of the upcoming electric M3, and they are the most revealing yet. This is the car with its finished production body and lights, and even with camouflage, you get a clear idea of where it’s going.

And it’s going somewhere reassuringly close to the M Concept Neue Klasse BMW revealed in June, although it’s predictably less extreme. The production car appears to keep the concept’s muscular stance, but with toned-down aero elements, no ducktail spoiler, and conventional side mirrors replacing the concept’s sculptural, supercar-style items.

The flared wheel arches and the cool ventilated hood remain. So do the yellow headlight graphics and distinctive squared-off lighting elements lower down. Its bulging arches give it a noticeably broader stance than the recently shown i3 M60. Nobody should have trouble telling the full M car apart from the regular i3.

Under the camouflaged body is a version of the Neue Klasse platform with four independent motors, one for each wheel. Final output remains unconfirmed, but rumors suggest some variants could push 1,000 horsepower.

The horsepower number will surely be impressive and higher than in any previous combustion M3, but what will make the first-ever electric model unique is how its quad-motor setup puts that power down. We expect advanced torque vectoring that should let it adjust power at each wheel independently, helping the car rotate through corners, find traction on the way out, and drift as fans expect it to.

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