A copy of a supposed 2005-2012 BMW roadmap appeared in the Italian Autopareri forum. The document might be genuine, since the debut date for various models correspond to what is known. Only glaring omission is the Z4 Coupè. No dates for facelifts (such as that for the X3, expected soon).
Main attractions from now to 2008 [some links are to our Italian edition: we have been active for a very short time]:
1. The three door version of the 1 Series expected in the II quarter of 2007, while the roadster version is expected in 2008;
2. 3 Series coupe arrives in q1 2006, the cabrio in q3 2006, the new M3 in q4 2006;
3. New 7 Series in 2008 (in the picture, a rendering from the cover of Autobild);
4. New X5, q1 2006;
5. X6 (coupe/suv), beginning of 2008;
6. V5 (space functional concept) in 2008;
7. Second generation of the Mini in 2007;
8. Rolls Royce Cabrio in 2007.
Jalopnik
14 Nov 2005 - 13:06 - #1BMW’s 7-Year Product Plan Exposed? Our compadres at new eurocar blog Eurocar unearthed what could be BMW’s multiyear plan for its model lines. Sure, it could be a fake — the absence of its Z4 Coupe is startling — but many of the other…
PSFK
14 Nov 2005 - 23:08 - #2BMW’s Road Map An Italian website has featured what it claims is the roadmap for BMW’s car plans over the next few years. Included in the plans are a the three door version of the 1 Series expected in the II quarter of 2007, 3 Series coupe arrives in q1 2006, a new 7 Series in 2008, a New X5, q1 2006, the X6 (coupe/suv), beginning of 2008; the V5 (space functional concept) in 2008, second generation of the Mini in 2007;and the Rolls Royce Cabrio in 2007. EuroCar Blog Report
eurocarblog
18 Nov 2005 - 13:30 - #3Update on the BMW roadmap The good part of being a blog: the news of the supposed BMW 2005-2012 roadmap bounced all over the world, in a few days, and now a reader of a Autoblog.com lets us know that it wasn’t an internal BMW, document, but part of a white paper publishe…