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According to a report from Financial Times, BMW Group is thinking of developing a sub-MINI sized city car as part of a review of its market position and car portfolio. FT supports that the Bavarian carmaker is willing to make this move in order to lower its mostly large-engined fleet’s average carbon dioxide emissions as E.U. lawmakers push ahead with CO2-cutting laws. The newspaper also suggests that if the project gets a go, BMW will most probably use the same platform as the next-generation MINI on its new city car.
- Report: "minier" Mini In The Works, Could Debut At 2011 Geneva Show
It's only natural for the BMW Group to look for ways to expand the MINI range into new territories and increase the brand's profitability. And while some may question MINI's recent move with the Crossman crossover, a smaller model than the...
- Mini Releases New Stylish Bags
You can’t have a MINI and not own a set of the British carmaker’s matching bags. We mean, what will your friends say if you they saw you travelling with a no-name set of bags in your MINI’s… mini-trunk? We can imagine what our...
- 2009 Mini Cabriolet Scooped Unmasked
MINI’s second generation Cabriolet model has been scooped by Car Online’s spy photographers practically undisguised. Then again, why would anyone go into the trouble trying to camouflage the new Cabriolet; unless you’re a fanatic...
- Mini Sports Activity Vehicle To Be Built By Magna Steyr
BMW Group issued a press release today stating that the forthcoming MINI Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) will be built by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, which also makes the BMW X3 model. The Bavarian Groups’ decision to hand the contract to Magna...
- Mercedes-benz Ends Talks With Fiat Group
According to a report from German car magazine Auto Motor Und Sport, Mercedes-Benz has ended talks with Fiat about a possible partnership between the two groups in concern of platform sharing due to the fact that MB didn’t find any cost advantages....
Cars
BMW Considers Developing Sub-MINI City Car
According to a report from Financial Times, BMW Group is thinking of developing a sub-MINI sized city car as part of a review of its market position and car portfolio. FT supports that the Bavarian carmaker is willing to make this move in order to lower its mostly large-engined fleet’s average carbon dioxide emissions as E.U. lawmakers push ahead with CO2-cutting laws. The newspaper also suggests that if the project gets a go, BMW will most probably use the same platform as the next-generation MINI on its new city car.If you’re asking our humble opinion, we believe that if BMW doesn’t buy off another carmaker e.g. Volvo, the Germans will definitely go ahead with this project and they will most surely use the MINI’s platform. And the reason will not (only) be CO2 emissions. BMW needs to find a way to expand its front-wheel drive model range in order to justify the cost for the MINI’s platform. Having three versions of the MINI (hatch, Clubman and Cabriolet) is simply just not enough. Also, don’t be surprised if the rumors about BMW and Mercedes developing a new FWD platform in the near future actually come true either.
Via: FT (sub. required)
- Report: "minier" Mini In The Works, Could Debut At 2011 Geneva Show
It's only natural for the BMW Group to look for ways to expand the MINI range into new territories and increase the brand's profitability. And while some may question MINI's recent move with the Crossman crossover, a smaller model than the...
- Mini Releases New Stylish Bags
You can’t have a MINI and not own a set of the British carmaker’s matching bags. We mean, what will your friends say if you they saw you travelling with a no-name set of bags in your MINI’s… mini-trunk? We can imagine what our...
- 2009 Mini Cabriolet Scooped Unmasked
MINI’s second generation Cabriolet model has been scooped by Car Online’s spy photographers practically undisguised. Then again, why would anyone go into the trouble trying to camouflage the new Cabriolet; unless you’re a fanatic...
- Mini Sports Activity Vehicle To Be Built By Magna Steyr
BMW Group issued a press release today stating that the forthcoming MINI Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) will be built by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria, which also makes the BMW X3 model. The Bavarian Groups’ decision to hand the contract to Magna...
- Mercedes-benz Ends Talks With Fiat Group
According to a report from German car magazine Auto Motor Und Sport, Mercedes-Benz has ended talks with Fiat about a possible partnership between the two groups in concern of platform sharing due to the fact that MB didn’t find any cost advantages....