BMW has announced that it will show two SUV concepts at this October’s Paris Motor Show. Although both vehicles will technically be concepts, they are expected to be thinly veiled production models of the upcoming BMW X1 compact SUV and the new Mini SUV, the Crossman.
As previously reported, the X1 will be based on the same architecture as the 1-series and will be built at BMW’s Leipzig plant. Power for the X1 will be sourced from the top two 1-series’ gas engines, along with its top two diesel engine offerings, according to Automotive News. The X1 should hit dealer showrooms in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The Crossman will be built on a similar platform as the X1 — sharing many of the same components — but its production will be outsourced to Austria’s Magna Steyr. Motivations from the Crossman will come from the same engines found in the Cooper S and Cooper D. The Crossman is slated to hit the market in the second quarter of 2010.
Both models are expected to be sold in the U.S., but it remains unclear if their diesel engines will make the trek across the Atlantic. However, with CAFE regulations that much closer around the turn of the decade, it remains a distinct possibility that the U.S. could see an oil burning option.
06/03, 11:20 AM
posted by:
xyunya
I wish they got rid of Bungle and “cat eye” headlights.
06/03, 11:49 AM
posted by:
A4
does anyone else think BMW is blowing through cash for new models just a little too quickly? i can see all this going quite poorly when hype dies off for models like the X6 and such.
06/03, 2:20 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
^^^^^^^^^^ Cash isn’t the only thing BMW blows…
06/03, 4:53 PM
posted by:
kitko
Ugly, useless, pointless. A solution in search of a problem – let’s invent the car nobody would ever need and then present it as something everybody have been waiting for. What’s next? SUV cabriolet with wagon body style?
BTW, it looks like BMW will become the first automaker in the world to sell cars by how long or fat they are. Can I have 4.5 yards of BMW, please? Fat or regular? Regular. OK, so that comes ot a BMW 3 series.
06/03, 5:47 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Good thing this is stull just a rendering of what the X1 will look like.
06/04, 12:14 AM
posted by:
Impulsive
Thanks for that update, ‘NoNameDufus’ … rendering or not, that is one ugly vehicle, no surprise coming from BMW.
06/04, 4:46 AM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Impulsive, if you had a brain, you would know that a rendering and a production car are two different things.
06/05, 1:03 AM
posted by:
Impulsive
The ****ing monkey at the local zoo, your cousin, knows that, ****face … you’re batting .1000 … both posts are absolutely worthless and rank a 2 out of 10 on the best day of your life. Please keep that record going by telling us all again in the future about any renderings that may come our way.
In the meantime, keep reading so you can maybe learn the difference between ‘then’ and ‘than’, you ****ing illiterate waste of a life.
06/05, 10:27 AM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Obviously any money would be smarter then a foul mouthed ignorant git like you Impulsive.
06/05, 2:04 PM
posted by:
Impulsive
More nonsense from a piece of **** … swearing has no correlation with intelligence, ignorant fool. Focus on your illiteracy, worthlessness and ignorance … the FACTS, not on my superior intelligence spiced up by some extra words you don’t want to see as decoration.
Hey, have you learned what a grade three punk knows yet … the difference between ‘then’ and ‘than’? Boy, you are one ****ing tool.
06/05, 5:25 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Only stupid people feel the need to degrade someone by swearing at them or insulting them childishly like you do Impulsive, it is sad that you you are so arrogant you think you are the grammar police and and that you know everything. You act superior, but never display any knowledge, you just swear and insult people.
06/05, 11:27 PM
posted by:
Impulsive
I own you, chump … ignorant, illiterate aggressors like you shall feel the wrath of people like me, people that bring justice to this world … you are a piece of **** and I will continue to show the world you are an abject FAILURE.
06/05, 11:32 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
The only failure is your ability to not be a crass, rude, insulting git.
06/08, 12:04 AM
posted by:
Impulsive
No, the only failure is you. You deserve everything I dish out, piece of horse ****.
06/28, 10:23 PM
posted by:
fastfinger
Gheeesh — I just joined to read more about my cars — BMW and MINI – so imagine my displeasure to have to sift through this sophomoric banter.
I wish the new Crossman MINI would have the engine from the 1 series – or at least a beefier motor that does not require a turbo or supercharger to have any gets. And please don’t put those 1940 panel truck barn doors on the back!