Friday, April 23, 2010

BMW Concept Gran Coupe: Beijing Show Debut for Mercedes CLS and Porsche Panamera Rival

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The BMW Group took us by surprise today with the world premiere of the Concept Gran Coupe. The Bavarian automaker calls it a four-door coupe which is fancy marketing talk for a saloon with sportier body proportions.

BMW-Concept-Gran-Coupe-002The car looks extremely production ready and it could very well enter the market within a year or two offering BMW a competitor the Porsche Panamera, the next Mercedes-Benz CLS and the upcoming Audi A7, possibly with the 8-Series badge on the boot.

The five-meter long Gran Coupé, which is a follow up to BMW's much more aggressive and unique 2007 Concept CS, comes with a very low body height of just under 1,400mm making it up to 100mm flatter than the 5 Series or the 7 Series sedans.

BMW also talks about "striking dynamic proportions", "sporty, flat silhouette" and "sculptural shaping" that fuse "the exclusivity of a Gran Turismo with the fascination of a high-performance sports car".

We may be wrong, but all we see is a squatted 2010 5-Series / 7 Series with a Lamborghini-styled front bumper. Feel free to agree or disagree with us in the comments section below.


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