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what's up guys this is Antoine Goodwin Whitby Netcom on the floor of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show and we're taking a look at the new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo now the 3 Series Gran Turismo is another one of BMW sort of mashups it's not quite a wagon not quite a crossover sort of like the 5 Series GT that we've seen before and sort of like the x6 that kind of does this thing where they take a perfectly good wagon mash the roof down and give it more of a sort of a coupe like profile now with the 3 Series they actually haven't really compromised that much space the vehicle is actually a little bit longer from nose to tail it's got a slightly longer wheelbase and that means that versus the five theories touring the standard wagon you get about one more cubic foot of storage space behind the feet that's not a ton but for people who really just don't want to ride around in a wagon I mean here's another alternative and let's face it BMW is pretty much done giving us conventional wagons in the United States under the hood of the 3 Series GT you'll see pretty much these same engines as the 3 Series Sedan that means in 328i you've got a 2.0 liter turbocharged engine that puts out 240 horsepower and in the 335i you've got an inline fix that puts out 306 horsepower that's all gonna go to the rear wheels unless you get the optional extra package and in fact you're going to get the same I Drive Kevin technology package that's going to have those Google Maps with 3d terrain and 3d buildings the connected web search pretty much all the things that we've sort of come to love or hate about BMWs in - cabin technology package barring a page out of Ford's book the 3 Series GT also uses a hands-free liftgate just kick your foot underneath the bumper and up the trunk lid goes now we're expecting this vehicle to go on sale sometime in mid June of this year we don't really have pricing yet but we expect it to be just a little bit more expensive dan I'm Antoine Google with cnet.com on the floor of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show