Leaked BMW plans for next 6 years of production!!!

[TC535i]

Apparantly someone inside leaked this information out, detailing all the future (and future possibilities) of BMW models for the next 6 years of production.

http://www.autospies.com/images/uploads/large/bmw-doc_0.jpg

http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=5927&categoryId=21

Not sure if this belonged here or in General Discussion... mods, feel free to tow it if you think it's better off there.

[curbsideprophet]

everything is better off in OT.

[MP525i]

i would say, some may be real.

no m6???

-mike

[Slick Willi]

they are going into the F's now for chassis models..... hmmmm

[SilverBeam]

I dont' believe it. Some of the chasie designations are wrong, and no M6.

Space-functional concept. Wtf is that?

[WoLF]

whats it mean by Limousine?

[adriver]

Id guess they have a design ready but need a plant thats not already busy building something else.

[jay8s]

Limo is a sedan

[KarlSpackler]

whats it mean by Limousine?

you know those long cars with many windows, as a young kid i remember my mom getting in different ones quite frequently from the street down the road.....

[WoLF]

Limo is a sedan

cool
never heard of it

saloon :)

[jcsomerset]

Not sure how current this is since it includes all 4 QTR's or '05 and there's no M6 - coupe or cabrio. Further - there's no Z4 coupe M roadster or coupe listed either - and according to automobile anyway - those are a done deal.

Limousine = Sedan in Car talk.

[Mitch]

Odd, no z4 coupe either or M series, but 1 series 3dr & coupe sounds hawt.

[sachin528]

Wow. Cool.

Although some models are not on the list, it does look like a production schedule - since there is no date on it, it could be from any time before a decision for the M6.

The only thing that makes me unbelieve it, is that a leak like that would result in major lawsuits - if you remember a few years back, there was a from GM who went to VW, and leaked cost-cutting techniques, and GM went after him (his name escapes me now) - a production schedule of that nature, very detailed, is very closely guarded and considered "intellectual property" so I doubt that someone leaked that - besides someone who has access to that type of info, if they want to leak something (to hurt BMW), they have access to much more classified info, so leaking that wouldn't be that big of a deal.


Still, a cool document to look at.

[6i9]

Who the fuck listens to autospies?

[Eddy@ApexRaceParts]

you fool now bmw won't make anything to punish us for seeing this.

[bayerische]

everything is better off in OT.
Exactly. I call bullshit but whatever.

[wmarcel]

Wasn't there talks about an M2?! :az

[ken_vs_ryu]

hmm i guess 2 more years for my RR cabrio. :bluecry1

[Roffle Waffle]

compacts or ban!

[themadhatter]

I dont' believe it. Some of the chasie designations are wrong, and no M6.

Space-functional concept. Wtf is that?
sounds like a mini van.

[Croak]

Edmunds picked it up before Autospies did..hell, I picked it up before Autospies did. :)

Self-serving links here (http://www.bavarianfalcon.com/falconblog/?p=62)

[b00zehounder]

limo is not a sedan
saloon is a sedan

[Daved]

X6 or X-Sport? SUV coupe? WTF?

[palomino]

Why would they make a 1er vert without a 1er coupe? They'd sell more coupes for sure, you think? :dunno


limo is not a sedan
saloon is a sedan
Limousine would be the longer version (the Li) of the saloon (the i)?

[palomino]

X6 or X-Sport? SUV coupe? WTF?
X6 is so much harder to say than X5.

[Daved]

X6 is so much harder to say than X5.
In english, yes... But I like how it sounds, it's like it rhymes...

[MillerTime1nine]

a 3 series limo, lol cant wait to see that

[themadhatter]

a 3 series limo, lol cant wait to see that
limo = sedan

limo is euro speak for 4 door.

[325xi]

Will the E90 really remain through 2012?

[themadhatter]

Will the E90 really remain through 2012?
or more. consider that the e46 had 7 years and the e36 had 8 years, same as the e30.*

*feel free to correct my math as appropriate.

[psonio7]

Why would they make a 1er vert without a 1er coupe? They'd sell more coupes for sure, you think? :dunno

kinda like how they made the Z3 M verts a lot longer than the m coupe. also how the z4 is a vert, yet there is no successor to the M coupe.

Its a typical production schedule if anything. Can't call bull on it cause its nothing more than BMW model life cycles (you could pretty much make the same chart for the past 10 years.)

I wonder what a redesigned mini would look like. weird.

And it doesn' take much to add another line for the M6.

[sirtiger]

I don't believe it

[mazur]

WTF is a 3 series MPV? It's listed below the M3.

[1996 328ti]

WTF is a 3 series MPV? It's listed below the M3.
BMW is planning a crossover type vehicle.
Something between a minivan and SAV.
My guess is that it will be built in SC since they are expanding the plant.

[ryan_george]

1 series. F' right. 130i, here I come.

[Daved]

Ryan, keep your language clean in the main forums :cop

[Juicy Double]

This list doesn't have any surprises, other than the models it forgot to include, such as the m roadster. BMW apparently is considering a z8 successor or a supercar as well.

[madness]

limo is not a sedan
saloon is a sedan

I think this limo vs. saloon vs. sedan thing can be settled easily...

Assuming they are smart enough not to forget the basic four door i model, then only limo can be describing it. Limo = saloon = sedan, just depends on what region of the world you are in and its dialect of english, it seems.

Besides, notice that for Limo, the E46/4 indicates 4 doors, for the coupe, E46/2 matches 2 doors, and for the touring E46/5 points to 5 doors... Deduction shows that limo can not mean anything besides sedan, unless they removed the standard four door i... who needs a 3 series Li anyway?!? :rolleyes

[ryan_george]

Ryan, keep your language clean in the main forums


Oops.
I took the link from OT, but apparently it's now in General! :cool

[QuestMCoupe]

e90 until 2012? doubt it.

[MillerTime1nine]

limo = sedan

limo is euro speak for 4 door.

dont mind me,:help

[Croak]

e90 until 2012? doubt it.

Yeah, that got me thinking too, and some other issues that I noticed:

http://www.bavarianfalcon.com/falconblog/?p=65

[Croak]

Well, we've been making much ado about nothing, it seems...

A GermanCarZone forum member posted <a href="http://www.germancarzone.com/showthread.php?t=832">this </a>way back on November 5th, and he links to a sample of the <a href="http://www.supplierbusiness.com/uploadedpdfs/bmw_sample.pdf">original document </a>where the chart was found. And for those of you that want the whole document, it's a <a href="http://www.supplierbusiness.com/reports_endpoint.asp?id=27">bargain </a>at €500!

[builder]

I don't know about this it would have to be for a pretty higher up to include mini and rolls as well don't you think?

Anyway I got dibs on an F12

[Croak]

The deal is, it is NOT a BMW internal document, it's a report/article from a 3rd party (SupplierBusiness.com) that has the BMW logo on the report in the sections that cover BMW.

The data in the chart is THIER guess at what BMW will be doing, and while it may be based on some good information, it's not gospel.