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I told you! Your money should head towards Stuttgart as soon as possible. Before we run out of petrol

Exactly. Because I did when I first seen it. The room was dark and then they illuminated the grille.

@JustMe. The three cylinder turbo diesel is in very fact a reality coming to the F20 BMW 1er , Three Cylinder in both Petrol and Diesel , Turbo charged of course. But our playing card for the Active Hybrid 1 will be something similar again three cylinder turbo diesel connected to an electric motor. And available a few months after the initial debut of the F20. That is how far BMW are ahead.

As for other areas? Well the design is a hybrid of what is coming in future design trends for BMW. For instance the front of the car is highly reminiscient of the next generation 6er although with conventional shaped light units but the grille is almost identical , wide and stretching across the car.

The shape of the bonnet which is raised over the front wheel arches will be seen in the Z2 Roadster and Coupe as will a shape similar to the rear light unit of the VED. Concept although the lights will not be razor thin but more proportionate to the compactness of the car. And although they will not sit on the rear deck like the Concept they are pushed into the body work as if it was made of butter.

The shape itself if you shrink it down is highly identical to the previous unseen Z technik concept which is the predecessor to the Z2 Coupe. The interior and door cappings are conceptized from the 6er and the four up seating gives a clue to the 6er GT in terms of layout and space and that console that seperates the driver and the three passengers. If you look down from above , especially the rear deck where it splits if you imagine that as complete joined you will get an impression again of the Z2 it will have a typical BMW Z4 Coupe like rear window . The wheels although covered to assist with aerodynamics , if you remove the black covers you see a real sporty wheel for the next 6er it's a bit like a shuriken (throwing star for non-ninja members) But we will offer the aerodynamic wheels as an optional choice.

The technology and materials are not far off away. Closer than you think.
M Division will be the first to use aluminium chassis as well to really bring the weight down on our more core M models and of course our future "Compact" models as well as more emphasis on carbon fibre body panels.

Looks great! So what, is this like three years away if they decide to put it into production?

I think this is absolutely fantastic. The car looks even more like a shark than the Z4. I'm liking this kind of future. The only thing that is a little weird is the interior. Doesn't seem like much is going on, or it could be more than meets the eye or something.

Seriously, the interior is so full with things to see, I still don'tknow where to start!

Slightly more technical....BMW seems to be able to have a Dual Clutch Transmission that can handle 800 Nm now!!! That's sweet, and good news for the F10 M5!!!!

AvH explaining the car ...

Perhaps Scott can tell us.

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I´ve realised how right Scott is. Taking a look at the spy pics of the F13 6er, the kidneys seem to be pretty much the same as the ones on this Concept.

I doubt they're exactly the same. 6er definitely is not getting the light-up grill.