BMW could go smaller than the MINI to meet EU CO2 rules
BMW could attack the new EU carbon dioxide emissions limits by adding a tiny BMW-branded car to the lineup. The new model would likely share a platform with the British-built icon but be even smaller and wear the roundel badge and twin grille. Such a car would help reduce BMWs fleet CO2 average but would also let the Bavarians compete more directly with the upcoming Audi A1 that's coming in 2009. If the car is built, it would be the first front-wheel drive car from the brand. MotorAuthority has a rendering of what such a car might look like based on cues from the recent CS concept.
[Source: MotorAuthority]
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A.Brien 10:04AM (9/02/2007)
The goverment should not rule the average size of the cars of the manufacturers. Each manufacturers have particulars market segments and some are more upscale then others. The consumers can choose what ever they want and they have the last word.
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Scatter 11:05AM (9/02/2007)
They're just attempting to regulate CO2 emissions, not size. And non-interference clearly hasn't worked because the manufacturers simply don't market clean cars effectively but continue ramming gas guzzlers down our throats wherever possible. The new regulations should change that.
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Snark 1:47PM (9/02/2007)
Why doesn't BMW work up something like the Chevy Volt? That'd beat the pants off a tiny supermini for CO2 emissions, and it'd allow them to stay in the size class people associate with them.
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Chris M 8:29PM (9/02/2007)
I suppose they could make a "mini mini", maybe two passenger? Good rival for Smart! They've already made the bigger mini "Clubman".
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