{"id":349258,"date":"2019-09-13T13:53:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=349258"},"modified":"2024-02-26T02:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T02:40:27","slug":"very-concrete-plans-for-a-standalone-bmw-m-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/very-concrete-plans-for-a-standalone-bmw-m-car\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Very Concrete Plans’ for a Standalone BMW M Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Specifics, But It Will Come<\/h2>\n

There have been many rumors of a standalone BMW M car. However, BMW never said whether or not there was any validity to those rumors. Now BMW M CEO Marku Flasch has given the world confirmation that the company is working on a car. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In an interview with Top Gear<\/a>, the BMW M boss said, “We have some very concrete plans for something new.”<\/strong> Flasch didn’t talk specifics. He did say that this wouldn’t be the first standalone M car. The M1 was built between 1978 and 1981. Flasch did say that the car in the works isn’t definitely going to be a modern-day M1. <\/p>\n

Flasch said that making a modern-day M1 is an option but that it is “not the only option.”<\/strong> This could mean that BMW M is thinking of doing a modern M1, but it could also mean that the company has something completely different. <\/p>\n

The closest thing that BMW M has right now to a standalone model is the Vision M Next concept<\/a>. It has a hybridized powertrain. A standalone M car could be a hybrid or fully-electric model. Flasch made it clear that he plans only to use electrification when the addition would “offer an advantage in terms of character, [and] in terms of performance.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, basically, we now know that BMW’s M division is working on its own standalone model, but that things are just in the beginning stages. It’ll be interesting to see how this develops. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Specifics, But It Will Come There have been many rumors of a standalone BMW M car. However, BMW never said whether or not there was any validity to those rumors. Now BMW M CEO Marku Flasch has given the world confirmation that the company is working on a car.  In an interview with Top Gear, the BMW M boss said, “We have some very concrete plans for something new.” Flasch didn’t talk specifics. 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