BMW hints at M7, uber 7er Rolls Royce, Z8 successor

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The skies over Germany were full of trial balloons this week, as BMW chairman Helmut Panke has been teasing the German press with possible new products. In an interview with auto motor und sport (rough English translation here), Panke alludes to several possible new BMW models:


  • an M7? An M-version of BMW's 7-Series would be positioned against Mercedes' S63 AMG. Panke says market demand for an M7 is particularly strong in the U.S.
  • a baby Phantom? With a fully-equipped long wheelbase 7-Series coming in at around $215,000, and the Phantom selling for about $460,000, Panke believes there could well be a potential market at a $300,000 price point. However, he doesn't think that this luxo-model should be a BMW, which suggests that a smaller Rolls might be in the cards.
  • a Z8 successor? BMW didn't set the world on fire with its upmarket sports car, but Panke still sees an unserved sports car market segment waiting to be tapped by the right BMW product.
 
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Damn that's cool! An M7 would definitely be amazing... I wonder if it'll have a NA V12? I sure would hope so!!!!!! A successor to the Z8 would be great too.. Z8 wasn't too exciting IMO.
 
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maybe not exciting but definately gorgeous looking... and i agree on the M7 (hopefuly they give it a different name though lol M7 doesnt seem to cut it for me)
 
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An M7 does seem a little far fetched but it would be interesting to see no doubt. I wasn’t a real fan of the Z8 myself but I would love to see the 8 series re-introduced.
 
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Severed_Biscuit said:
An M7 does seem a little far fetched but it would be interesting to see no doubt. I wasn’t a real fan of the Z8 myself but I would love to see the 8 series re-introduced.
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Why does it seem far fetched? I'm still wondering why BMW doesn't have an M version of the X5 to compete with the Ml55 amg
 
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epj3 said:
Why does it seem far fetched? I'm still wondering why BMW doesn't have an M version of the X5 to compete with the Ml55 amg
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ML55? the 4.8is kills me =/ I raced a Dinan 4.8is and got spanked all the way till 125.

They need an suv to compete with the upcoming 510hp ML63 =).
 
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