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Article is a little old, but interesting, IMO.
BMW is a diesel force in the European car market, but in North America, it's stood back while Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen have weathered the changes in regulations and technology.
In 2008, though, BMW will re-enter the U.S. diesel market. Recently, TheCarConnection spoke with BMW AG's new board member, Dr. Klaus Draeger, who is responsible for Research & Development and Purchasing. Draeger confirmed that BMW will introduce its first diesel model with "clean diesel technology" in America sometime in 2008.
Draeger confirmed there is much more in the BMW pipeline - including the X6 and a luxury four-door coupe that will arrive before 2010 and will compete with the Mercedes-Benz CLS:
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Where are you heading for in the next 5 to 10 years?
We are really going to expand our program with new vehicles in the coming years. The classical BMW models, the 3-, 5-, and 7-Series, make up only half of our production volume. The rest are models that came later into our program. This year we will get the 1-series three-door version and within two years there will also be a new sports active coupe, which will be built in our U.S. operation in South Carolina. This is going to be something that combines the in-command seating position of an X5, but with design lines that are going to remind you more of a coupe.
Then, here is one product there has been quite a lot of speculation about. It is what we call the LSV, luxury sports cruiser. With that product we will have something that will be in terms of design lines closer probably towards the formality of a sedan. We are talking about travel in style, on the one side, but it will have also the BMW typical agility and the BMW typical dynamics. And then it, of course, it will have also the functionality. It will arrive before 2010.
BMW Bringing Clean Diesels, X6 and "CLS" - The Car Connection
M
BMW is a diesel force in the European car market, but in North America, it's stood back while Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen have weathered the changes in regulations and technology.
In 2008, though, BMW will re-enter the U.S. diesel market. Recently, TheCarConnection spoke with BMW AG's new board member, Dr. Klaus Draeger, who is responsible for Research & Development and Purchasing. Draeger confirmed that BMW will introduce its first diesel model with "clean diesel technology" in America sometime in 2008.
Draeger confirmed there is much more in the BMW pipeline - including the X6 and a luxury four-door coupe that will arrive before 2010 and will compete with the Mercedes-Benz CLS:
cont....
Where are you heading for in the next 5 to 10 years?
We are really going to expand our program with new vehicles in the coming years. The classical BMW models, the 3-, 5-, and 7-Series, make up only half of our production volume. The rest are models that came later into our program. This year we will get the 1-series three-door version and within two years there will also be a new sports active coupe, which will be built in our U.S. operation in South Carolina. This is going to be something that combines the in-command seating position of an X5, but with design lines that are going to remind you more of a coupe.
Then, here is one product there has been quite a lot of speculation about. It is what we call the LSV, luxury sports cruiser. With that product we will have something that will be in terms of design lines closer probably towards the formality of a sedan. We are talking about travel in style, on the one side, but it will have also the BMW typical agility and the BMW typical dynamics. And then it, of course, it will have also the functionality. It will arrive before 2010.
BMW Bringing Clean Diesels, X6 and "CLS" - The Car Connection
M
