Some instants ago BMW North America issued a Limited Edition BMW M3, accessible solely for the U.S. market: the 2011 Frozen Gray M3 Coupe with the Challenger Package. Simply 30 units of the 2011 Frozen Gray M3 Coupe will be developed, and as anticipated, they will be provided with a unique exterior color, elite sport seats and exceptional interior constituents that will distinguish the Limited Edition M3 from the standard model.

The 2011 Frozen Gray M3 Coupe is set in motion near the 25th anniversary of the original BMW M3, which is at the moment at its fourth generation. To commemorate this moment, the M3 Coupe committed to BMW fanciers will be painted in an exceptional matte-grey paint, Frozen Gray, with a deep metal splendour, which spotlights the acrobatic shapes of the M3. The interior will be unparalleled too, a blend of Fox Red / Black bi-color Novella leather.

The Limited Edition M3 Coupe will be provided by the 4.0-liter, 414-horsepower M V8 and fitted out with BMW’s M Double Clutch Transmission (M DCT), which brings down the 0-60mph speedup time of the M3 to 4.5 seconds from 4.7.

The Extended wheelbase 3-Series is going to be built at the new Chinese plant. The question now that arises is whether ‘long wheelbase variants turning into a big trend in China?’

Substantially, at any rate for the section in which the 3-Series contends in China, BMW finds the motivation to extend a long-wheelbase version to rise up against the fortunate Audi A4L which is the broadened wheelbase variant of the A4 model.

BMW will be working up on the extended version of the 3-Series at a new plant in the Shengyang economic region with its Chinese collaborator the Brilliance Auto. The plant, planned to be constructed in 2012, will have a capability of 100,000 units and will also be utilized to construct the X1, according to Brilliance chairman Qi Yu Min.

The new plant will provide BMW and Brilliance with a facility of 300,000 units per year with most of the components that is around 60% sourced locally. BMW/Brilliance expects to enhance sales in China to 120,000 units yearly by 2012. This only means that the additional capacity will be utilized for exporting fomites to international markets.

BMW is building up two new sports tourers models which are going to be based on the 1-Series/3-Series. The all-purpose idea is to get into the MPV game but exclusive of the rhetorical drawbacks that will not swing with BMW’s brand epitome as a manufacturer of sporty, fun-to-drive cars.

BMW 5-Series GT (RFK) artist rendering, WCF ARCHIVES, 1600, 29.10.2007 / Copyright: AUTOMEDIA

First up is the Compactive Sport Tourers, which will be a 4 or 5 seated hatchback door with the soothe characteristics of a compact MPV – high seats position and a spacious cabin – but fashioned more like a passenger car. These are the only details that can be found now and there are no early sketches obtainable. This gives the option of only trying to picture what a BMW hatch with a stroke of intersect styling will look like.

Next up is the well-built wheel-base Advanced Sport Tourers, which directs to extend 7 seat comfortableness to BMW drivers. At present, a 7 seat alternative is only obtainable on the X5 model. This will be a “wagon-oriented” MPV – almost certainly made to take on the reminiscent of the rather triumphant Ford S-Max which has revealed an inclination in market analyzes towards abstracting buyers from premium brands.

BMW will set in motion a new lot of FWD (front-wheel drive) hatchback door in the succeeding few years. Of those, one will be a debut-level BMW-marked fomite, located underneath the 1-Series, planned to unveiling in 2013.

The new model is anticipated to contend against the likes of the Audi A2 and the Mercedes A-Class. The body-style of this BMW will be similar to those models – a high roof 5-door, 5-seat hatchback door with a diagonally mounted engine and gearbox to render for a shorter poke bonnet and more cabin space. BMW will also provide a more sporting version, an entirely unlike model, to rival the A1.

The Bavarian car manufacturer will be setting in motion the next generation MINI in 2014 which will portion out its front-wheel drive style with those new BMW models. The BMW plans to make up to 1 million front-wheel drive vehicles – badged as both MINIs and BMWs – by 2015. A BMW source told the Autocar that “Both brands possess a comprehensible and individual image. Our research shows BMW and Mini appeal to different buyers.”

Autocar states that BMW will also be extending the 1-Series as a front-wheel drive while still holding back the rear-wheel drive version.

Chris Bangle BMW-Designer

According to BMWTalk, Chris Bangle is leaving BMW. Like BMWTalk is saying, he was the most controversial in the recent history.
Bangle was the first American that joined the BMW design department in 1992. He worked together with his design team for the current 3- and 5-series.

A qoute of BMWTalk what we do like is:

Bangle is known for the ill-mannered nickname “Bangle Butt”, a term that has become tantamount with the distinct rear ends of the BMW models designed and produced during Bangle’s reign.

We hope his leaving won’t effect the upcoming models of BMW to much. We of BMW-News do like the famous rear ends of the current BMW’s.

Read the rest of the story: Chirs Bangle leaves BMW, at BMWTalk.