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Originally Posted by mkoesel
SCOTTT, it was claimed recently by one publication, who also said the car will debut @ Frankfurt 2013 like you did above, that we will see a concept @ Geneva 2013. Any truth to it?
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I believe the strategy is for the M3 Sedan to debut in concept form in Geneva 2013. But do not rule out a Chinese premiere in Shanghai like the M5, as every second M3 and M5 and every first XM are exported to China.
They plan to show the X4 as a Concept sometime in 2013. Which has now begun clinic testing in Europe after being sucessful in the US and China.
The big news for BMW @ Paris will be the worlds first FWD BMW , strategically important as the Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse is a runaway success in Europe , BMW's challenger aims to grab a significant proportion of this segments growth , by utilising sporting BMW pretentions with significant flexibility. With projections of this segment expected to increase to 45% by 2015. BMW would like the Compactive Sport Tourer to achieve around 20% of that new growth over the next two years.