New supercar from BMW at last

⁣- BMW Technical Director Frank Weber gave a long interview to the Australian edition of Which Car in which he told a lot of interesting things about the company's future plans. So today I have a lot of food for thought for you.
But let's talk about everything in order. So the rumors that the eighth and fourth series will be abolished, and the revived sixth series will take their place, turned out to be true and Mr. Weber confirmed this information, he also added that the 8 series in the back of the Gran Coupe in the next generation will receive the index of the seventh series and become part of new family, as it was in its time with the five GT.
This decision is due to the falling demand for convertibles and coupes; in the modern world, the client is not so interested in such body options.
Another thing is the crossovers of which the brand has a great variety, all of them, from the smallest X1 to the largest X7, will receive an electric version with the prefix i. It just so happens that in the modern world, crossovers serve as a money machine for any manufacturer, so BMW is not going to cut the goose that lays the golden eggs, they just pump it a little.
Mr. Weber also raised the issue of internal combustion engines and confirmed the information that BMW is indeed preparing a new generation of power plants, most of them will debut on the new seven this year, and their main advantage will be that they will comply with new emission standards. which will come into force in 2025, this is a kind of game ahead of the curve.
But this is all so trifles, against the background of what the Germans are preparing in the future.
All the most interesting things for BMW will begin only in three years, namely in 2025 the company will present a completely new New Class platform, I already told you about it once.
Its main advantage is its modularity and versatility, this platform will be used on the smallest models of the company and on the largest, all thanks to its phenomenal scalability, and it will also allow you to build models using internal combustion engines, hybrids or pure electric propulsion systems.
Generally no restrictions. Thanks to this platform, new opportunities open up for BMW, including the creation of its own supercar, which was confirmed by Mr. Weber himself.
In addition, BMW already has developments in this direction in the form of the Vision M NEXT concept, and given that BMW wants to get rid of the fourth and eighth series, the company does not interfere with its supercar at all.
In addition, there were already rumors on the network about an electric monster from BMW with a capacity of 1360 forces. Mr. Weber denied these rumors and added that a herd of 800 horsepower would be enough for a supercar to show what it is capable of, the most interesting thing is that the same power plant will be used on the electric BMW M5 of the new generation, so I won’t be surprised if these models have a canteen part will be shared.
In this case, acceleration to the first hundred will take a little more than two seconds, and this is a completely different level of opportunity.

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