Although some would say that a forum member's street cred is essentially worthless, you would be flawed to believe so when it comes to Bimmerpost's Scott26.
Having been a guiding light behind the M1/Tii/iS/whateverthehellthey'regoingtocallit 1-Series, he has provided plenty of valuable insight into BMW's product planning.
Now it's time for some Gran Coupe information, as it made headlines today.
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Scott26 from Bimmerpost reports:
The BMW Gran Coupe has been approved for production, the frameless windows will remain but the car still maintains a B-Pillar for Dynamic finesse.
The BMW Gran Coupe will be marketed as the... BMW 6er Gran Coupe.
Gran Coupe brings a new segment to BMW's portfolio and will spread to include other BMW models in the Future, just like Gran Turismo will.
This will bring a portfolio of three variants to the 6er , Coupe , Gran Coupe and Cabrio.
A Shooting Brake model to accompany the Gran Coupe has been designed and built for design and market evaluation.
The BMW Concept Gran Coupe will make it's European public debut later this year at the Paris Auto Show incidentally alongside another BMW Concept Car that will debut @ Paris.
The visual details of the front and rear of the Gran Coupe will be carried over to the new 6er Coupe...
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