Just minutes after the official photos of the 2009 BMW 3 Series Sedan and Wagon facelift were posted, some higher resolution photos were released to the media. If you would like to see the new 3 Sedan and Wagon in more detail, then click through the gallery.

Everything stays the same as we mentioned in the previous article, but it is worth pointing out that the many people believe the dual-clutch transmission will be available for the U.S based cars as well.

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It has been officially confirmed this morning for those in Australia on the 335i coupe with September production for 2009 model year. While we do not have confirmation for the US as of yet we hope to see a release on it soon (though we do not anticipate it). It will eventually happen as our sources have indicated, we are just feeling the US may take some time to make official announcements for this coming fall.

The Australian guide can be seen here

EDIT: For more information on the premise of the BMW DCT system as currently in the //M models you can find the March press release here which covers the system exhaustively.

The 3 series will have essentially the same transmission but with changes in the software as compared to the //M system.

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