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| Author: | fart [ Wed 12. Jan 2005 09:05 ] |
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BMW to diversify into people carriers By John Griffiths in Detroit Published: January 11 2005 19:23 | Last updated: January 11 2005 19:23 BMW has taken a formal decision to diversify further - into the global market for multi-purpose vehicles, so-called "people carriers". It comes after nearly two years of studying the market's potential. The company will decide before June which of several already-developed concept vehicles will form the basis of the project. "We've now moved beyond the 'whether'; it's definitely coming in some form," Helmut Panke, chairman, told the FT. The decision comes just a few months after BMW launched another big diversification, into the hatchback market with its 1-Series "small" car. Two vehicles are understood to be under consideration: one based on BMW's already shown RFK1 (Function, Space Concept) concept vehicle, derived from the 3-Series; and the other on RFK2, a larger vehicle based on the 5-Series. Whichever is chosen, BMW is expected to use for its underpinnings the four-wheel-drive SUV versions of the 3 and 5 series, the X3 and X5 built at Spartanburg in North Carolina. The RFK1-based vehicle is conceived as a premium competitor in the market for smaller MPVs such as General Motors' Zafira and Renault's Megane. The RFK2 would be closer in size to Renault's market-leading Espace. Both, however, would be high-performance and highly specified, to compete against DaimlerChrysler's forthcoming Mercedes-Benz R-Class people carrier shortly to enter production at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The R-Class is also based on an SUV, the M-Class, which has been in production at the Alabama plant since 1997 and a new version of which was unveiled in Detroit this week. "We have got to be careful not just to offer a similar style to everybody else. It has got to drive and handle like a BMW," said Mr Panke. He declined to comment on what projected sales volumes were used in deciding at what point the project would be viable. The 1-Series is already selling about 10 per cent above forecast, with 40,000 sold in Europe and the US after 3½ months and sales currently running at 10,000 a month. |
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| Author: | gstuning [ Wed 12. Jan 2005 09:11 ] |
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Fyndið hvað fólk tekur vel í ásinn, 10% yfir spáðar tölur hjá BMW |
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| Author: | fart [ Wed 12. Jan 2005 09:13 ] |
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Já, mjög jákvætt. Gaman að vita hvort það eru nýjir BMW fans eða gamlir sem kaupa ásinn frekar. The damn thing is growing on me. |
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| Author: | jonthor [ Wed 12. Jan 2005 09:42 ] |
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Já það væri mjög áhugavert að vita hvort þeim er að takast að halda inn "nýja" kaupendur. |
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