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Introducing
the X4: BMW's latest concept car with front-wheel drive and an aluminum
Flame Surface. Built on the X5 frame, the X4 is
a new chapter in vehicle design.
The BMW X4 is a totally new
vehicle, show here with its Highland Silver, all-aluminum body. The X4 is a combination of the styling and features of a sports coupe together with the four-wheel drive and off-road capabilities of the X5 SAV. Already the press has called the new X4 concept car "a new chapter in vehicle design" and "dramatically different from anything BMW has ever created."
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new 2001 BMW M3 coupe will be presented in
New York.
No other car offered on the world market is able to compete with the latest generation of the world-famous sports car from Munich. Its
performance features speak for themselves:
- In-line six-cylinder engine developing 333 horsepower
- Double-VANOS
- 262 lb-ft of torque
- 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds.
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The new 2001 BMW M3
convertible will be presented in New York.
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BMW's 3 Series convertible is regarded as an automobile with unique style and flair. But now there is an automobile that adds to that style and flair,
a performance edge that could only come from BMW M: The new M3
convertible.
Available in Spring 2001, this open variant of the M3 coupe is an attractive and sporty
four seater with an electrically operated soft top. The new M3 convertible features the agile handling of a sports car as well as the newly designed M3 inline six-cylinder engine developing 333 horsepower at 7900 rpm and a maximum torque of 262 lb-ft at 4900 rpm.
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new 2001 BMW X5 4.6is will be presented in
New York.
The X5 HP resembles the
prototype X5 LeMans,
first reported here at BMW World. The X5 HP is a new high-performance version of the X5 Sports Activity Vehicle. The most powerful X5 engine will no longer be a 282 horsepower, 4.4 liter V8, but rather a new high-performance
V8 developing 347 horsepower (European rating). The new V8 has a displacement of 4.6 liters, and being exclusively reserved for the X5 HP, delivers up to 354 lb-ft of torque. The four-wheel-drive vehicle does zero to 60 mph in less than 6.5 seconds and has a top speed of more than 149 mph. |
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Great news for the Z3!
The engine of the M coupe and the
M roadster will
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replaced by the new six-cylinder high-performance M engine.
The new M engine develops 315 horsepower at 7400 rpm, an increase of more than 30 percent from the previous 240. With this power increase, the new M coupe and M roadster will go from 0 to 60 mph in under 5 seconds.
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Convertible concept car will be presented in New York. See how simple driving can be!
The BMW Z9 convertible concept car
illustrates how BMW intends to intensify driving pleasure in the future. The key is an interior design that
makes driving easier instead of more complicated.
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Although the driver can concentrate on the basic driving functions, all the features of the latest generation technology are at the driver's disposal. This
iDrive interior control concept enables the driver to perform a variety of functions using innovative and intuitive controls. The iDrive concept was first presented in the Z9 gran turismo at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 1999.
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New for 2001 in the USA, the 3 Series 325 and 330 Sedans are available with a conventional rear-wheel drive, or in the new 325xi and 330xi all-wheel drive models.
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