But BMW is about to introduce something quite surprising (well ‘shocking’ is the right word) in the Chinese market.
The huge aspirations of the Chinese customer in owning a BMW has lead them to create this BMW X1 Beggar’s Edition. According to reports on the Chinese media, BMW will soon launch a BMW X1 ‘Qi Gai Ban’ which translates into ‘Beggar edition.’ As the name suggests, it does not have much in terms of equipment. The headlamps have been replaced with simple units. The head lamp washers have been ditched and so is the tail lamps braking light.
On the inside, the steering mounted controls, GPS/Entertainment console, leather trimming, automatic gear box – all of them gone!
Not surprisingly, this BMW X1 Beggar’s Edition is roughly US $6,000 cheaper than the current entry level BMW X1 in China.
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