of Australia Which car? ran a long interview about BMW car Technical Director Frank Weber. This section covers almost every topic of interest to BMW enthusiasts old and new, from the automaker’s design direction to halo cars to keeping cars fresh as technology moves. move a lot faster than the vehicle generation cycle. However, of the more than 1,700 words of the passage, about 47 words in a passage that had nothing to do with Weber became the The Story: Rumor has it that by 2026, BMW product planners will merge the 4 Series and 8 Series into a new 6 Series series. To speak rumor predicts that the 8 Series Gran Coupe will be the last to stand out in both lines. However, it will no longer be the 8 Series as it will be included in the 7 Series range.
If this turns out to be true, as Shirley Bassey once sang, “just a bit of history repeating itself.” The original 6 Series appeared in 1976, a shark-nosed emblem of stunning splendor until 1989. The first spectacular but slow-selling 8 Series arrived in 1990, holding steady until sales Consistently slow sales force BMW to die in 1999. The 6 Series back in 2004, wasn’t as sharp as the first generation, but was only able to attract a very specific and dedicated crowd. It will see a second generation, but BMW will eventually send 6 back to its crypt in 2018 for the sole survivor of the 6 Series GT, which is really just a 5 Series GT. change name. The Munich automaker then remade the 8 Series in 2018, which is also not as sharp as before, but even slower to sell. So rumors of a third action for the 6 Series, assuming it happens, will just be the latest chapter in a decades-long saga.
Blog BMW writes that it heard this same goal from its own sources. On the other hand, the death of the 4 Series can be rationalized as a coupe effect and conversion sales continue their downward trajectory. On the one hand, as BMW Blog points out, a lot will happen in the next four years in terms of technology and electrification, which could change consumer tastes. On the other hand, 2026 is only four years away, so BMW is probably very close to deciding what to do with the 4er.
Enthusiasts may also want to hear Weber say that the upcoming New Class (NKL) platform will assist any BMW that can easily forge the path to “an emotional car.” This could be a unicorn mixture or electric cars whose whisperers won’t be silent like a revival of the i8 or one production version of Vision M Next.
However, there’s a lot more to the interview, so don’t be shy press up Which car? and read it.
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