BMW’s all-new 3-Series is causing quite a stir at the Paris Motor Show. The model is bigger, more advanced, and more luxurious, and it even has big luxury car details, too. For instance, it features self-righting (or self-centering) wheel center caps, just like you get in a Rolls-Royce (and literally no other car brand).

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Never seen these in action? They look rather posh on the Rolls and they should look pretty good on the BMW too.

They work using a counterweight system that’s hidden behind the logo itself, although unlike the Rolls Royce, the BMW doesn’t get a small screen in front of each centering cap - in the Rolls, you can’t actually touch and spin it yourself, but in the BMW you can.

It’s not clear yet which new 3-Series rims are going to feature these trick caps - probably not all of them, but they certainly add to the car visually. So far, we’ve only seen them in action on the larger 19-inch rims, but not on anything smaller.

Further Reading

Read our full speculative review on the 2019 BMW 3 Series.

Read our full review on the 2017 BMW 3 Series.