BMW is considering building a small crossover positioned below the X3, according to a report by German magazine Auto Zeitung. Tentatively called the X1, the proposed utility vehicle would be based on the 1-Series platform.
BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer told the magazine such a vehicle would arrive on the market by 2010, with a sales target of around 100,000 units annually. It would feature the same x-drive all-wheel-drive system as the X3, with a combination of components from the 1-Series and X3.
Reithofer also mentioned successors to the Z8 and M1 are “the type of products we need in the future.”
