Joy Defines the Future. BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept.

[SCOTT27]

Don't worry it's coming soon.

 

[klier]

Soon as in 30 minutes?

 

[Human]

It's 1pm in RSA so we will see it same time (Berlin time)...14:20pm ish....

 

[klier]

It's 1pm in RSA so we will see it same time (Berlin time)...14:20pm ish....

No, 13:30 ish as far as I know now.

 

[Human]

^
Can't wait....love surprises on Fridays!

 

[Giannis]

It's official now. For further discussion on the BMW Gran Coupe Concept please continue here:

https://www.germancarforum.com/threads/the-bmw-gran-coupe-concept.33057/

 

[SKY]

Same engine as the Concept.

 

[Bartek S.]

BMW Officially Confirms New Sportscar based on Vision ED Concept for 2013

A little over a year after the presentation of theVision EfficientDynamics [ED] concept study at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show, and following a month-long tease of what turned out to be an early prototype mule with the body of a 6-Series of the plug-in hybrid on the 'Dontblogaboutthis' website (see pictures below), BMW today officially confirmed plans to build a production version of the eco-friendly sports car.

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[bmer]

Probably not exactly what BMW enthusiasts were expecting from a BMW sportscar. Hybrids have the sex appeal equal to philately. I wonder if the production version will be equipped with the same 1.5-liter 3-cylinder diesel as the concept... It's hard not to feel a bit disappointed if you imagine the alternative could've been the Concept CS in production.

 

[SCOTT27]

A New CS will come with the development of the next modular matrix that comes with the next generation 7er which will spawn not only the 7er but 5er , 6er and X5,X6. The bonus? The modular platform is aluminium.

 

[bmwblog]

What you see is what you get. This will def be the drivetrain, BMW is working now to perfect it, not to change it.

This is just as fast as the CS Concept, most likely with better MPG and CO2 numbers.

Trust me, seeing the car in person I realized how "hot" this will be...BMW will have no problem selling them and everyone will crave one. The car looks good, it's "green", it's fast and pretty much shows us what the future is.

Unfortunately, we personally don't believe we will see another BMW sportscar with a V10 or V12 engine for a VERY long time. And guess what...we're okay with that, technology changes, it improves and we as a society are pushing the envelope further than ever.

Probably not exactly what BMW enthusiasts were expecting from a BMW sportscar. Hybrids have the sex appeal equal to philately. I wonder if the production version will be equipped with the same 1.5-liter 3-cylinder diesel as the concept... It's hard not to feel a bit disappointed if you imagine the alternative could've been the Concept CS in production.

 

[Dave1984]

^
Drivetrain sounds feasible and realistic. What about the body? Layered and floating CFRP body panels look completely surreal.

 

[bmer]

Yeah, it's economical and fast but does it really excite the enthusiast like Audi's R8 or MB's SLS? No.

I find the current BMW management's obsession to go to extreme lengths in being green hard to understand as BMW has never been about being the greenest or most environment-friendly carmaker. BMW used to be a "yuppie brand", now it's trying to be a "hippie brand".

I applaud them for implementing the EfficientDynamics technology throughout the model range but this is simply going too far. It's obvious a 3-cylinder hybrid isn't going to be able to offer the same driving experience as a V8/V10 sportscar like R8 or SLS.

 

[S'Pimp]

...equipped with the same 1.5-liter 3-cylinder diesel as the concept...

in all probability 1.4 R3 Diesel
there will be also a gas-engine

 

[SKY]

Yeah, it's economical and fast but does it really excite the enthusiast like Audi's R8 or MB's SLS? No.

I find the current BMW management's obsession to go to extreme lengths in being green hard to understand as BMW has never been about being the greenest or most environment-friendly carmaker. BMW used to be a "yuppie brand", now it's trying to be a "hippie brand".

I applaud them for implementing the EfficientDynamics technology throughout the model range but this is simply going too far. It's obvious a 3-cylinder hybrid isn't going to be able to offer the same driving experience as a V8/V10 sportscar like R8 or SLS.

Well, remember the new Z8 is comming too, and it will come with the top M engine, which will end up in a 600 hp roadster. Not a supercar but...

 

[S'Pimp]

I have a feeling this (VED) will be the new Z8

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

It looks like the people at BMW are trying to administrate the market not to follow it, by offering a driving concept at which nobody is fascinated at the moment. Its hard to keep pace at the foreword with the less financial resource which they have compared with the competition. That’s why they are trying to overtake everybody for the future trend. But let’s hope that this trend will not change and all the thrown resources to remain in vane like it happened at FORMULA 1 and KERS development – they left the 2007 title aside in favor of developing the new car with the KERS system

 

[Mr Robert]

I hope they'll give it a proper drivetrain, at least as a separate model. The engines are there for the taking.

 

[klier]

Well, remember the new Z8 is comming too, and it will come with the top M engine, which will end up in a 600 hp roadster. Not a supercar but...

There's not going to be a new Z8. It's replaced by the VED, count on it.

 

[SKY]

There's not going to be a new Z8. It's replaced by the VED, count on it.

What about that talk about a Z Spyder Stradale?. I say Z8 as I could say Z10 or whatever. Let´s say the big brother of the Z4.