The publication sat down and had a little chat with Flasch, and he revealed that in the future not all of BMW’s M cars will necessarily be modified versions of standard production cars. <\/strong><\/p>\n“We are investigating M variants that may also be stand-alone, that don\u2019t have a predecessor,” Flasch said. when pressed for more information and asked if the M-division would start from a blanks sheet on a car in the future, he said, “potentially.”<\/p>\n
That’s not a confirmation that a new M car will come that’s not based on anything, but it’s clear that BMW is at least looking into it. The possibility of a hypercar is real, too. <\/strong><\/p>\n“We would love to do it \u2026 but we are part of a big company and we only do things that make sense economically and are relevant for the brand. So far M is the strongest high-performance brand and we did not need a hypercar. So, from a brand perspective it is not needed, M is strong as it is.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It would seem that Flasch is open to the idea and that likely means other folks at BMW are, too.<\/strong> However, it sounds as though that would only happen if it made sense for BMW’s business as a whole, which could be a hard sell to some of the top-level executives and decision makers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It Seems Possible A new BMW M hypercar could be coming. At least that’s what we want to believe after BMW M boss Markus Flasch’s interview with Car Sales. The publication sat down and had a little chat with Flasch, and he revealed that in the future not all of BMW’s M cars will necessarily be modified versions of standard production cars. “We are investigating M variants that may also be stand-alone, that don\u2019t have a predecessor,” Flasch said. when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":345881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,255],"tags":[228,429],"class_list":["post-346837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bmw","category-news","tag-bmw","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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