BMW's 2009 unveiling schedule?
by Jonathon Ramsey on Dec 28th 2008 at 11:29AM 
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.
[Source: BMW Blog]
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Sid 11:34AM (12/28/2008)
X5 M
X6 M
X6 Hybrid...umm
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Cole 11:48AM (12/28/2008)
It is not passive.
It is Progressive Activity Vehicle.
Not passive.
Jesus.
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mkM3 12:02PM (12/28/2008)
LOL. I was reading that and thinking, isn't that an oxymoron? Passive Activity. I guess the counterpart would be Active Passivity.
I guess those come complete with the Static Dynamics feature?
timurjonchik 11:54AM (12/28/2008)
WOW Good Job BMW
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Bryant 11:56AM (12/28/2008)
M division, please! Stop diluting yourself!
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Michael 11:59AM (12/28/2008)
Look at the M6.
Hike15 12:19PM (12/28/2008)
as if the x6 was useless enough...
but i am excited to see a few of the products
mainly the mini crossover and new rolls royce
i dont really care about the PAV they are talking about
why not just make a simple wagon or simple crossover
BMW just needs to come up with a million goofy types of cars which are really just mixes of other things, worst example being the x6 which is the size of an SUV with the usefulness of a sedan with a hatch
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zamafir 12:38PM (12/28/2008)
x6 actually has less space and worst fuel economy than my hatch... and is slower to sixty... so it's all but useless save Beverly Hills duty. I pine for the days that BMW produced driving machines and not just parts bins experiments to lure 10,000 buyers. Oh well. Time to go buy a 335i with M3 bits all over, that's what branding your performance division is all about.
Travis 12:23PM (12/28/2008)
Wow. Color me uninterested in just about anything mentioned above. PAVs, a bloated, more expensive Z4, a MINI SUV (ok, crossover) and some electric vehicles? Blech. What about *cars*? Gasp, I know, stupid me for expecting a "car" these days...
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zamafir 12:39PM (12/28/2008)
Didn't you hear? BMW's moving away from cars to SUVs and bastardized SUVs, echoing GM's successful shift a decade ago.
Sid 1:10PM (12/28/2008)
BMW is gonna do a concept of a vehicle they have had since the 40s. A wagon.
Travis 3:32PM (12/28/2008)
@zamfir - Lol, trying to echo GM's wild success and prosperity? I just don't understand why more companies can't diversify their offerings. MINIs were sold out through the end of the year back in July, so BMW's solution is to roll out concepts that are either big BMW SUVs or a MINI SUV. Awesome.
3seriesisking 12:48PM (12/28/2008)
A jubilee year indeed. I look forward to seeing that PAV...I just hope it's not ugly.
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jg 2:36PM (12/28/2008)
An electric 3? I'd like to see that.
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Randy 3:25PM (12/29/2008)
Wonder if we'll see the new 5 series later in the year?
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dembowje@pacbell.net 3:23PM (1/11/2009)
Saw a black suv with distinctly BMW lines in Ventura, Ca on Saturday, 01/10/09 ... sitting in a parking lot ... had "Hybrid test vehicle" in understated print on its side, but no other markings ... when I asked the driver what it was he politely apologized (with a noticably German accent) that he was not allowed to tell me ... if it performs any where near as well as it looks, that is going to be one fine automobile.
JimmyD
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