BMW’s M performance division would like to follow its Mercedes-Benz AMG rival and create its own bespoke car, product development chief Albert Biermann has revealed. Mercedes’ AMG performance offshoot was responsible for the SLS supercar and Biermann admits that it’s a path he’d like M engineers to follow, although BMW has yet to be convinced of the business case.
“From an engineering perspective, we have the skills and we’d love to do it,” he told Autocar. “We’ve discussed it several times but we’ve never been able to make the business case. Everything we do has to make money.”
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