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Small cars should be FWD. FWD cars are lighter and have more space than RWDs with the same external dimensions. BMW was the last one to understand it. They got it finally.
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Old rumors, old news, to bad,..
Z2? yes probably FWD For a 1 serie based car BMW already told the world it will be FWD to reduce costs and because 9 at 10 possible customers don't even know if they're car is FWD/RWD or AWD, they just hear the rumors that RWD is dangeraus (even when they drive one for years). Other car makes like Mercedes doing this as well. Look at the A, CLA, GLA and soon the mini SLK (SLA?) but you could have them in 4 wheel drive (when the car needs it, it isn't like fixed 4 wheel drive) |
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The name Austin is now owned by Nanjing who bought the assets of MG Rover Group (British Leyland's successor company) out of bankruptcy in 2005. After Donald Healey sold his original business, Donald Healey Motor Company, the Healey brand was registered to a new firm, Healey Automobile Consultants, which the Healey family sold to HFI Automotive in 2005. In June 2007, Nanjing and Healey Automobile Consultants / HFI Automotive signed a collaborative agreement that aims to recreate the Austin Healey and Healey marquees alongside NAC's MG. No timeline has been given as to when the Healey and Austin-Healey brands will return, although MG will be back on the market in China and the UK by the year's end. And something perhaps a little more stale on Triumph: The trademark is owned currently by BMW, which acquired Triumph when it bought the Rover Group in 1994. When it sold Rover, it kept the Triumph marque. The Phoenix Consortium, which bought Rover, tried to buy the Triumph brand, but BMW refused, saying that if Phoenix insisted, it would break the deal. The Standard marque was transferred to British Motor Heritage Limited. The Standard marque is still retained by British Motor Heritage who also have the licence to use the Triumph marque in relation to the sale of spares and service of the existing 'park' of Triumph cars. The Triumph name has been retained by BMW along with Riley, and Mini. In late 2007, the magazine Auto Express, after continued rumours that Triumph be revived with BMW ownership, featured a story showing an image of what a new version of the TR4 might look like. BMW has not commented officially on this. |
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02-13-2014, 03:46 PM | #76 |
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"Speaking to Wards Auto, Dr. Herbert Diess [BMW board member] said the company sees little need for a sedan smaller than the 3-Series in the United States."
Hopefully, this means there will be a 1-series sedan to do battle with the Mercedes CLA/AMG and the Audi A3/S3 sedans. |
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Not any time soon, apparently the rwd 2GC which was on deck has been pushed back or scrapped and there doesn't appear to be a plan for another rwd based F2x sedan. So we're likely left waiting for a G series, fwd car, which appears to be at least three or four years away. Sure seems like a lot of lost sales to MB and Audi.
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"BMW's 3-cylinder turbocharged engine is expected to power most of the Active Tourer models, with a more powerful 4-cylinder 235i Active Tourer model also speculated."
Its ok, if these FWD cars make it to the US, I'm not going to buy one so.... I got news for BMW NA, they better not bring these over with 3cyl engines. They are not going to sell well at all. Its 4cyl or stay in Europe/rest of the world. The US, does not like 3cyl or 5cyl.
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Please- do us all (including the close-minded 'purists') favor; continue to grow the brand (and the R&D budget), sell more cars to keep BMW independent and keep the hits coming (the M2 will compliment my F15 X5 well). And thanks for all the info along the way. |
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The irony is that this is the type of thinking that would have kept a compact sport sedan out of this market in the 60s, "the BMW 2002? 4-doors and a 4cyl engine?... it'll never work in the US... people like their sports cars to be huge 2-door coupes with push-rod V8s". We're enthusiasts- lets remember to see the forest through the trees. This brand still makes some of the best, most accessible sports (and sporting) cars in the world. Sure, other brands are catching up- but only because BMW forced them to. If they whiff on the M-cars, or even the bread and butter 2, 3 and 4-series base cars- give them hell. But what they do around the edges to fund R&D and keep from being a feather in Geely's cap... should be just fine with us. Last edited by Roundown; 02-13-2014 at 08:20 PM.. |
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It seems BMW intends to put a BMW-badged vehicle into nearly every car segment ever. From FWD minivan looking POS to angelesque marble-chiseled M4's. It looks like American capitalism has made it overseas.....
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I like my 6er, but I wish it was a bit lighter and had the hydraulic steering of the Z4. Regardless I'll keep it for a while as it as a wonderful daily driver but it's also safe to say that it might be my last BMW if the company doesn't get its act together. Thank God for Porsche and Mercedes - they care about their fans. Quote:
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As for Lexus and the LFA, it's no secret that they don't make any money from it but they have Toyota. Do you think if Lexus was it's own brand we would even see a car like the LFA? Nobody is going to take a risk like that unless your goal is to focus and manufacture a specific type of car. Everybody wants BMW to take chances, I do to, but I understand that they're in no position to do unless you're willing to cripple your business if it doesn't work out.I don't think anyone can judge until after this transitional period is over. Only after BMW gets CFRP out to all models and all these new models are release can we really judge whether or not BMW doesn't care or not. Last edited by TheBingoBalls; 02-14-2014 at 08:49 AM.. |
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