The latest rumors from our member Scott27, with another insight into the future:

“1 Million units.”

Although it does not seem much in real life terms it does matter to the auto industry and in all respect the Premium manufacturers who produce cars in the higher price stratosphere.

1 Million units is what luxury car sales are expected to grow to by 2015.
Propelled by new and emerging markets and established tentpole markets.
With the attention on BMW i and BMW UKL/MINI being the main focus , this past few years. BMW are back to determining their next phase of penetration towards the high end luxury market. High end luxury cars they will be but every aspect of BMW EfficientDynamics technology will be a key feature.

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The patent filings of the various automakers have been, for year, a great indicator of what is to come. When Audi, for example, registered the “RS3″ trademark, we all expected a hot-hatch based on the A3, designed to be an 1M fighter. We didn’t expect it to have wider tyres in the front, compared to the rear, in order to fight understeer, but the trademark filing was a good hint.

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