The next BMW 6 Series will be a sports car designed to take
on the Porsche 911 - Exclusive!
BMW is
preparing a sports car rival for the Porsche 911 – as well
the separate return
of the 8 Series badge – Auto Express can exclusively reveal.
The German brand is hatching a radical plan to realign its 6 Seriesmodel as a smaller,
more agile sports
car - allowing space at the top of the range for the return of the 8
Series.
• The
BMW 8 Series is back! New GT range to include M8 supercarBMW has not contemplated a Porsche 911 rival before but the
newMercedes-AMG GT’s
arrival as a competitor to the 911 has changed that. BMW has earmarked the 6
Series as the car to fill the that gap in its range.
A smaller 6 Series could feasibly be based on the shared
sports car platform that BMW has been working on with Toyota. Up to now, it has been
believed that the two firms would spin off different-sized vehicles from the
chassis, with BMW placing it beneath the next generation of Z4 and Toyota using a
larger version for the return of its Supra
coupe.
However, senior BMW and Toyota sources have already
confirmed that the new platform is scalable - and with the Z4 accounting for a
tiny number of sales annually, there would be obvious benefits in economies of
scale if BMW were to find a further use for the new set of chassis components.
It would probably result in a slightly larger vehicle than the Z4 - rising from
4.3 metres in length to around 4.5m, or about the same as the Mercedes-AMG GT
and Porsche 911. This would, in turn, provide the small increase in
under-bonnet capacity required to cope with V8 engines, as well as BMW’s proven
six-cylinder units.
Auto Express understands that the current proposal is for
the 6 Series to become a sports car and convertible only, with no Gran Coupe in
the future. This model would live on as an 8 Series Gran Coupe – offered
alongside the two-door coupe and a convertible.
source: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/6-series/95724/bmw-6-series-to-morph-into-new-porsche-911-rival
by JohnMcllroy
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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