BMW @ IAA Frankfurt 2013.

[LaArtist]

^ Ok so you as a BMW fan do not give a rats ass if they keep it behind locked doors?


Great

 

[EnI]

Wasn't new MINI ver 3.00 supposed to debut at IAA?

Nope. It was officially announced in August the new MINI would debut on November 18th in Oxford, and would be then displayed in autoshows in Tokyo & Loss Angles a few days later.

Yet I'm quite (negatively) surprised BMW haven't brought MINI Vision to IAA.

 

[martinbo]

Thanks @EnI, my poor recollection corrected.

 

[klier]

^ Ok so you as a BMW fan do not give a rats ass if they keep it behind locked doors?


Great

I'm interested in the production version. The concept is done now, all there is is design and we've seen it. What more do you want from the concept other than distraction from BMW i? They've invested billions in these cars, they deserve the spotlight right now!!

 

[SCOTT27]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=relmfu&v=bFLpdCYrvOI

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=relmfu&v=U_NQAfaRA_c

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[SCOTT27]

BMW M cars take to the loop.

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[mini_cooper4]

^Nice

 

[SCOTT27]

Some shots of the BMW IAA press conference, held upstairs from the main BMW hall.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Please don't pull me into your little angry-fan-soap-opera please.

I am completely indifferent on this matter. I am not attending the IAA this year and I have seen the M4 concept on the net already. I am sure BMW fans will have a lovely day at the BMW stand, there's plenty awesome stuff sitting around over there from what I have seen, and the stand alone already is worth seeing.

Stop the act? You should get real. Complaining like a little kid for the sake of it. You're not even attending the show, so just let the people who went or are going make up their own minds.

I did attend the show and the BMW display was all fur coat and no knickers.

 

[martinbo]

I did attend the show and the BMW display was all fur coat and no knickers.

Hmmm, that could be a good or a bad thing - it all depends on what you're looking for.

 

[klier]

He looks for the bad things and things to complain about, as usual. This can't be news?

 

[SCOTT27]

For those that want to see what the IAA was about.

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As you can see there was no pretentious performance art just cars...

 

[Betty Swollocks]

He looks for the bad things and things to complain about, as usual. This can't be news?

Nope.

No M4 Concept. Why? Afraid of the limelight being stolen from the i8?

So the most exciting car to come out of BMW in the last 5 years (in my opinion) wasn't even at BMW most important motor show. They've shown it once, at a relatively small motor show in California.

So the M stand had to make do with an M6 GC and an M5, something I've seen at Geneva in March. Boring.

The i8 was there, in production form obviously, and although I do like the design, I've seen the various i8 concepts so many times over the last few years that it just seemed old hat. I would have liked to have seen the interior, but it was hidden behind a barrier.

Oh, the i3 was there too, and I had a sit in it. It's definitely unique.

So, there was lots of glitz and fancy displays but actually very little to get excited about with the BMW stand. That would have been completely different if they'd only done one thing. Show the bloody M4 Concept.

And Klier, BMW milked the i8 and i3 Concepts constantly and showed them many times over the years, so don't give me any of that nonsense about the M4 having had its time in the limelight. Even the production M3 and M4s are going to get their debut in North America, so we won't even get to see the World premiere in Geneva in March.

 

[martinbo]

I can't believe that they didn't allow public access to the i8's interior! WTF? You go and make a huge concession by denying the attendees of Europe biggest car show a view of the M4 Concept - in order not to steal away the limelight from the i8 - and then you go all coy and keep the star-of-the-show's interior under wraps? That's half-cocked if you ask me.