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Originally Posted by SamS
The very first F30 mule was publicly spotted/photographed in Nov '09 IIRC. And it went on sale in the US in Feb '12. So based on that ~27 month turnaround, we could see the F82 in very late 2014. Maybe even early '15.
And I think the F30 chassis will see LCI for MY2016. So all you folks that get an F80/F82 in the first 1-2 model years, don't be getting all mad when it changes shortly after!  |
There should only be 18 months separating the F30 and F32 at most and unlike when the E9X M3 was developed all models will not launch basically at the same time- the F80 has been developing for a significant amount of time now meaning that the bulk of F82 development is now at the same stage as F80.
M is starting development much sooner and will bring cars to market much sooner. M6 GC is basically done, F80 will be done by fall.
What may happen is that the US sits it out for a while when taking the new M models like they did with the M5, but the M6 is basically from SOP.
It will be interesting to see what the market decides
But The E92 is supposed to have production until next Spring.