ˆ BMW's 2009 unveiling schedule?

tags : 7 series , 7series , bmw , detroit auto show , detroitautoshow , edrive , frankfurt motor show , frankfurtmotorshow , mini , mini crossover , minicrossover , rr4 , shanghai auto show , shanghaiautoshow , vision z , visionz , x5 , x5 m , x5m , x6 , x6 m , x6m , xdrive , z2 , z4

BMW Blog has trained its spyglass on what it says is a list of BMW rollouts for 2009, and it will begin next month with the brand spankin' new Z4 showcased at the Detroit Auto Show. It is March, though, that will bring year's first real bounty. At Geneva, BMW will be showing off a concept version of the Progressive Activity Vehicle (half 5 Series, half X6), the Concept eDrive (an electric 1 Series or 3 Series), a Z4 Individual, and the Rolls-Royce 102EX (otherwise known as the RR4). Then in April, BMW's taking the show to Shanghai with the 760Li.

Post-Shanghai, you'll get a few months to digest. Then at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, BMW is expected to have the production-ready Progressive Activity Vehicle on display and the MINI Crossover. It is there, perhaps, that they'll also trot out a show pony speedster they call the Vision-Z with eDrive, their idea of "progress of sports cars for the future." And sprinkled on top throughout the year come launches of the 7 Series xDrive, 7 Series Hybrid, X5 M, X6 M, and X6 Active Hybrid. For bimmer lovers, 2009 is going to be a jubilee year.

posted : 12/30/2008 @8:42:29 PM

ˆ GM gives very early sneak peek at next-gen Astra

tags : astra , fourth-generation astra , fourth-generationastra , frankfurt , frankfurt 2009 , frankfurt motor show , frankfurt2009 , frankfurtmotorshow , opel astra , opelastra , saturn astra , saturnastra , vauxhall astra , vauxhallastra

We just told you about Bob Lutz' comments that the Saturn Astra is too expensive and not making any money in the U.S., but that may change when the next iteration arrives. Of course, the next Astra will debut in Europe first as an Opel (and Vauxhall in the UK), but we suspect that GM will offer it in the U.S. again, especially if the automaker can build it locally so that it's not dogged by a weak currency exchange like the current model. Though not scheduled to debut until late next year at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, the fourth-gen Astra is making an appearance today in a couple of sketches released by General Motors Europe. The design is said to take direct inspiration from the new Insignia, which itself will become the next-gen Saturn Aura. The all-new Astra will be based on the Delta II platform with vehicles like the Chevy Cruze and Volt and feature a new range of fuel efficient engines, clever packaging solutions and trick technology like the Insignia's Front Camera System that recognizes road signs.

posted : 9/22/2008 @10:37:55 PM

ˆ Brussels 2007 MINI makes The Other Ranch for Clubman debut

tags : brussels , 2007 , mini , mini makes , clubman , 2007 frankfurt motor show , frankfurt motor show , motor show , tx , european motor show , great pyramid , cadillac

Last year at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show, MINI debuted the production version of its larger Clubman model and, as MINI's marketing agency is wont to do, created a spectacle with this installation called The Other Ranch. We've learned that it's gone on the road and been installed in Brussels for this year's European Motor Show. It's inspired by the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX where a man half-buried 10 old Cadillacs in the ground at the precise angle of the Great Pyramid in Egypt. The Other Ranch by MINI is comprised of four Clubmans and is so named because we're supposed to consider the new Clubman the "Other MINI". We didn't see The Other Ranch in Frankfurt while covering the show there, but this spectacle was too interesting not to share. Check out the pics in our gallery below and have fun coming up with captions for four Clubmans buried up to their windshields in dirt.

posted : 1/17/2008 @3:41:51 PM

ˆ Chris Bangle talks BMW X6

tags : bmw x6 , bmwx6 , chris bangle , chrisbangle , frankfurt motor show , frankfurtmotorshow , x6

Concept CUV of production of BMW X6 mixes the glances and the dynamics of drive that the aficionados expect with the high position of allowance of the places and the additional space of cargo of a crossing. X6 seems to be more than one report/ratio of mode that it is “a vehicle entirely of operation of activity of sport,” as that glance fast inclined raked of dooesn' T of end as it can hold too many bags of golf inside. more ...

posted : 9/20/2007 @1:23:45 AM

ˆ Frankfurt Preview: 720 HP/974 lb-ft BRABUS Bullit

tags : 720 horsepower , 720horsepower , brabus , brabus bullit , brabusbullit , breaking , bullit , frabnkfurt , frankfurt motor show , frankfurtmotorshow

Last month, BRABUS neckte everyone with a photo of a covered carrier, it said became its crucial „wolf in the clothes of the sheep. “Today they announced official, what this carrier is. Hello to the BRABUS Bullit, one sedan Mercedes Benz C-category say, which is the beneficiary of the extremely tremendous BRABUS SV12 S Biturbo machine Transplant. Simply set, this marks this, that rather understated look (for BRABUS, at least) sedan the fastest cars into the world, period. Energy of double turbocharged the V12 is varying 720 horses and even still a more understanding numbing 974 lbs ft torque. Around the Tractability sake BRABUS limits electronically the existing maximum torque on „only for “811 lbs ft. Still you should let set a substantial rubber tire budget aside, there you (literally) burn by him become very fast. A speed, which locks rear differential with a BRABUS is automatic, energy sends heavychanged 5 back. Two different locking drive of conditions are offered, in addition -- 2.65:1 or 2.24:1. Naturally all are changed exhaust fan, the abolition and the brakes in addition. more ...

posted : 9/11/2007 @7:32:43 PM

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