While most of their competitors offer cars ranging from economy models to super-cars, BMW doesn’t really manage to fill that gap. They did offer a short-run model back in the late ‘70s with the M1, but since then they had nothing. The i8 can not be considered a true super-car, especially since it doesn’t have the performance of one. In order to compete with Audi’s R8 and with Mercedes’ new AMG GT, there have been some rumors about a new model.
This was going to be released in concept form as the 2017 BMW M9. The name might not say much at first, but the car would be M1’s spiritual successor. BMW didn’t confirm or dismiss the rumors so far, and it seems that are working at something even though they haven’t said it just yet.
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