http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/ Autoblog Comments for Spy Video: BMW Progressive Activity Sedan http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
They're neither fish nor fowl.

The added utility is going to be minimal under those sleek fastback rooflines. And they're ungainly looking. Too tall to be sleek, too sleek to be butch.

They have no reason to exist.]]>Jan 6th 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 7:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 7:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
With that height it will never be good looking unless they label it as a cross-over. PAS is not going work.

How do they justify the overlap of their SUVs.

The only way this will sell is through the BMW faithful, and I think they will pick a different model.
The only market it would sell well is in China since they place a premium on interior room because the owner is usually a business owner and has a driver. ]]>Jan 6th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 8:54PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
Geeze, it must really pain manufacturers to say hatchback. First we get the Mazda6 Sport "Five Door", the Malibu Maxx "Extended Sedan", the Saab "SportCombi" (called, weirdly, a SportHatch in Italy) and now the BMW "Progressive Activity Sedan".

I mean, really, who are marketers fooling. It's a hatchback. When people see it on the street, they'll call it a hatchback. And I bet the first review that mentions it as such will raise the blood pressure of the twit in Munich that named it otherwise.]]>Jan 6th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
north americans don't care for wagons: the dodge magnum was a relative flop compared to its sedan cousin, the chrysler 300.

if the bmw execs are smart, they shouldn't even bother bringing it to north america; just a waste of time and money.]]>Jan 6th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 10:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
They both have been offering basically full lineups for years, particularly outside of the U.S. But now they're just crowding things.

"Well if we can't sell them an X5, maybe we'll get them into an X3, or a 5 series, or (whatever this PAS thing ends up being called)."

Mercedes had the R class, the GL, the ML, the upcoming GLK... What purpose does this serve?]]>Jan 6th 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 6th 2008 11:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 7th 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
Um, there's no space between the 5-series and the 5-series wagon.]]>Jan 7th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 7th 2008 1:25AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/And we have had this before, Saabs for example or the Ford Scorpio was a full sized hatchback, and now the new Citroen C6 is hatchback design, too.
Heck, some time ago, Audi had a show car which was essentially a station wagon version of the A8!

So always remember, in Germany: Focus sedan driver = grandpa who was born before hatchbacks were invented and when wagons were only for commercial use ;). That might put a 5series hatch in perspective.]]>Jan 7th 2008 3:49AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/
I'd like to see a 5-Series hatchback that's no taller than the sedan. Actually, I'd love to see it be no taller than the previous 5-Series (high belt lines suck!), but that's a pipe dream. Think Mazda6 hatchback, but with all the awesomeness of a Bimmer.]]>Jan 7th 2008 6:01AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/06/spy-video-bmw-progressive-activity-sedan/Jan 7th 2008 8:26AM