Ukuqinisekiswa kuvele kuMarkus Flasch, engxoxweni yakhe yokugcina njenge-CEO ye-BMW M GmbH - usanda kungena esikhundleni sikaFrank van Meel, obevele engumqondisi we-BMW M phakathi kuka-2015 no-2018 - lapho athi "impela kuzoba nokuzimela. M futhi."
Kufanele sibuyele ekuqaleni kwe-BMW M ukuze sithole imodeli ezimele engafani nhlobo nohlu olusele lomkhiqizi waseBavaria: i-M1 engagwemeki, eyasungulwa ngo-1978. Kusukela lapho, yonke i-M ibe inguqulo yokugcina yezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-BMW. .
Kodwa-ke, uma usuvele ucabanga ozongena esikhundleni sikamoya ku-BMW M1, ungathola obukulindele kushabalale; yonke into ikhomba kumodeli entsha ye-M ezimele ingase ibe into ehluke ngokuphelele.
I-BMW M1 Hommage, 2008. Idizayinelwe ukukhumbula iminyaka engu-30 ye-M1, ishiye abaningi "bebubula" nge-M1 entsha.
Uma kuleli khulu leminyaka sake salingwa imibono yomuntu ozongena esikhundleni se-BMW M1, okokuqala nge-M1 Hommage ka-2008 bese kuba Umbono ka-2019 M OKULANDELAYO, lapho sihlanganisa zonke izingcezu, imodeli entsha ka-M ezimele cishe izoba … I-SUV!
Engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Auto Motor und Sport yaseGermany, uMarkus Flasch ebuzwa ukuthi uhlobo olusha oluzimele lweBMW M luzoba imoto entsha yezemidlalo (imoto eyisports efana nePorsche 911 noma i-Audi R8), akazange akuqinisekise, washiya. emoyeni ukuyiphatha uma kukhona okunye:
UMarkus Flasch, owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu kwaBMW MUphawu lwethu lusamayelana nokuncintisana nokusebenza okuphezulu emgwaqeni. Nokho, sifuna nokugcina amakhasimende ajabulela ukunethezeka okuvezayo. NgoM8 nezicucu zayo siphumelele kokunye, kodwa kunengxenye lapho kuningi okwenzekayo nalapho singakamelwa khona. Ngeke ngisho lutho okwengeziwe ngalokhu.
BMW XM
Kulapho i-hypothesis yeSUV esebenza kahle kakhulu ingena khona. NgoJuni odlule, sishicilele izithombe zezinhloli ze-BMW X8, iSUV entsha ephezulu kakhulu ephuma ku-X7, ehlukaniswa nomsebenzi womzimba oguquguqukayo. Manje, kuya ngokuya kuqiniseka ukuthi lena kuzoba imodeli entsha ezimele ye-BMW M.
ISUV entsha enkulu izoba nezimbangi zayo i-Audi Q8, kodwa uma iphuma njenge-BMW M kuphela, ingekho enye into ehambisana nohlobo lweBMW, ingabhekisa phezulu ilandele ezinye njengeLamborghini Urus.
Okuphinde kuhambisane namahemuhemu ambalwa akhomba ukuthi le SUV entsha ayibizwa nge-X8, kodwa… XM (uma kwenzeka, sizobona ukuthi uCitroën uthini ngalokhu), okungukuthi, imodeli ye-X yokugcina (i-SUV) evela i-BMW M — ngezansi, ukuqagela ukuthi i-XM izobukeka kanjani, lapho “sisusa” ukufihlwa kwezibonelo zokuhlola ezithombeni zezinhloli:
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Ayihlukani kakhulu nekaBMW uma iqhathaniswa ne-iX, iSUV yokuqala esebenza ngogesi iBMW i, okuyigama layo elincane ezimotweni ezisebenza ngogesi.
Ukuqinisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi le XM ibe yi-BMW M kuphela izinjini ezibonwa kusengaphambili: zonke zisuka kwa-BMW M ezinobusha bokuba ama-plug-in hybrids, ahlangabezana nezinhlelo zokufaka ugesi zomkhiqizo.
Uma sihlangana nayo - bude buduze, kunguNovemba 29 - izophinde ibe yiBMW M enamandla kunazo zonke, sikhuluma nge-750 hp, ngokuhlonishwa komshado we-twin-turbo V8 entsha (ukuthatha indawo ye-S63 yamanje , ehlomisa, isibonelo, i-M5) ngomshini kagesi. Ezinye izinhlobo ezimbili okubhekwe ukuthi zizoba namasilinda ayisithupha, kucatshangelwa ukuthi zisebenzisa i-S58, injini esebenzisa i-M3/M4.