Hot! BMW AG: What's Next

[klier]

Agreed, a new 760i is more of a sports-car than a Lotus Elan because it goes around the ring quicker.

Sure, you just keep comparing cars that are 30 years apart.

 

[Uygar]

They better not get rid of them. Life would be so boring without coupes, lol.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

They better not get rid of them. Life would be so boring without coupes, lol.

It's arguably BMWs bread and butter. The M3/4 is _the_ BMW.

 

[Uygar]

Someone already made a render of it.

Looks lovely if you ask me.

 

[klier]

It'd be nice if BMW made a RWD drop top 2 seater is all I'm saying. Chop the lid off an M2 if you have to. Make it happen.

That would be a 4 seater, and BMW already has two 4 seat cabrios. And of course a 2 seat Roadster called Z4, maybe you have heard of it

And a cabriolet 2er is 100% not happening. There's already choice enough and that car wouldn't sell enough to warrant R&D. Just chopping up the lid is not going to work clearly.

 

[Mars1965]

That would be a 4 seater, and BMW already has two 4 seat cabrios. And of course a 2 seat Roadster called Z4, maybe you have heard of it

And a cabriolet 2er is 100% not happening. There's already choice enough and that car wouldn't sell enough to warrant R&D. Just chopping up the lid is not going to work clearly.

It's a dilemma making a business case of a cabrio these days I think. I think the collaboration with Toyota is stopping after this. Perhaps merging the 4 and 8 cabrio to a 6 cabrio would work?

 

[SCOTT27]

That would be a 4 seater, and BMW already has two 4 seat cabrios. And of course a 2 seat Roadster called Z4, maybe you have heard of it

And a cabriolet 2er is 100% not happening. There's already choice enough and that car wouldn't sell enough to warrant R&D. Just chopping up the lid is not going to work clearly.

The present 2er would have made a fine Cabrio. Imagine the M2 as one?

 

[klier]

It's a dilemma making a business case of a cabrio these days I think. I think the collaboration with Toyota is stopping after this. Perhaps merging the 4 and 8 cabrio to a 6 cabrio would work?

It would work, but it'd be expensive I would imagine. They ideally need something in the 3er price range for any chance to be mildly popular.
But yeah it's a dying breed here in Europe at least.

I personally think it's insane to even contemplate not making a new 4er coupe btw. But here we are.

 

[Swissbob]

The present 2er would have made a fine Cabrio. Imagine the M2 as one?

The M2 would work as a Cabrio, it’d look the business.

That the combination of a wide body and a convertible works can be seen on the CLE53 Cabrio.

I guess the M2 would look even better.

 

[SKY]

I believe worst case scenario is no new 8er and 4er limited to an i4 GC. The current 4er GC is everywhere here, you might see 5 GCs per each coupe you get across. No cabrios at all.

We’ll see soon I guess. It seems the iX4 test mules are around the corner too.

 

[Design FIRST]

I believe worst case scenario is no new 8er.

I'm a bit more optimistic here. Taking sport/luxury 4 door coupe-like vehicles by BMW's competitors into account (M-B AMG, Porsche, Audi, Polestar and Chinese "newcomers" for example), I would be surprised were BMW to abandon this segment. A future 8 series GC (i8 GC) that would adapt NKL design cues would appear a "given" to me. As for a new 2 door 8er/i8er...???

 

[klier]

That the combination of a wide body and a convertible works can be seen on the CLE53 Cabrio.

Hello, nice to meet you

I eat any CLE for breakfast.

I believe worst case scenario is no new 8er and 4er limited to an i4 GC. The current 4er GC is everywhere here, you might see 5 GCs per each coupe you get across. No cabrios at all.

Yeah over here it's probably way worse. Like twenty GCs for every coupe/cabrio.

i4 is the new 3er.

 

[SKY]

Yeah over here it's probably way worse. Like twenty GCs for every coupe/cabrio.

The thing is it looks really good with four doors, so I get the sales ratio. And seeing how practical BMW and other brands are becoming in just putting into the market cars thar actually move units, I can imagine green lighting anything with 2 doors is hard.

It would be a pitty. The 3er coupe and the 4er are always my fav BMW of the line up.

 

[SCOTT27]

If they cull the 4er and 8er. Since the streamlining of the portfolios have begun. Hypothetically speaking A solution could be a stand alone M Sports car, Coupe and possibly Cabrio? Could replace both M4 and M8. Think stand-alone like the XM but like the CSL homage. No BMW series model.

 

[leylandi]

Someone already made a render of it.

Looks lovely if you ask me.

cabriolet suv

 

[Design FIRST]

A future exclusively ALPINA i8 GC could really knock it out of the park.

 

[KiwiRob]

I hope the the EV NK models also drop below the 3/4 series and also include a 1/2 series or better yet BMW makes a proper replacement for the i3, the iX1 was not what i3 owners wanted. BMW built nearly 300k i3's, most of the people I know who owned them have not replaced them with a BMW or MINI product.

 

[Matski]

I hope the the EV NK models also drop below the 3/4 series and also include a 1/2 series

Looking at the typ codes for the NK models it certainly appears that the platform is scale-able to meet requirements across the range...

NA - '3/4' segment
NB - '1/2' segment
NC - '5/6' segment
ND - '7' segment
NE - Mini

 

[Centurion]

I hope the the EV NK models also drop below the 3/4 series and also include a 1/2 series or better yet BMW makes a proper replacement for the i3, the iX1 was not what i3 owners wanted. BMW built nearly 300k i3's, most of the people I know who owned them have not replaced them with a BMW or MINI product.

The i3 was 15 years ahead of its time. It's still cutting edge in design and concept today.