Last April, from the sidelines of the 2010 Beijing Auto Show, BMW displayed a thinly disguised concept model of a sporty-looking sedan model named the Gran Coupé. Now, it looks like that the Bavarian automaker is preparing for the presentation of the final production model as the company has just filed a patent for the designs of its so-called four-door sports coupe.
The images outline the shape and details of the production version that will most likely go on sale in early 2012. By comparing the drawings of the production car with the photos of the concept model, we see that BMW has made some subtle styling changes to the front with the redesigned bumper featuring a center grille on the lower part as well as to the rear, which sports re-positioned and re-sized reflectors and different tail pipes.
If our description of the styling changes seen in the patent images is not to your satisfaction, then all you have to do is take a look at the front and rear ends of the production version of the 2012 6-Series Coupe [F13] and Cabriolet [F12] as the Gran Coupé is virtually a four-door 6-Series.
BMW officials have said that their four-door sports coupe will be "closely aligned with the 6-series coupe both in terms of technology/platform, and pricing”. This means BMW’s rival to the successful Mercedes CLS and the Audi A7 car will eventually offer the same mix of six- and eight-cylinder petrol and diesel engines along with an eight-speed automatic transmission and possibly a 6-speed manual gearbox in certain markets as the latest 6-Series models.
The car’s name remains a mystery for now; however, we heard from the grapevine that it could be called the 6-Series GT.
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10 Comments:
This should have been instead of the BMW GT which is turning to be a world wide Fail. I am concerned though about BMW's never ending range which is starting to be non-consistent.
Well, where's BMW minivan ? Do u know how many reach guy would buy that for their wife over above mentioned GT to drive the kids on soccer game? OK, I'm hearing , that BMW doesn't need minivan! ( well, I heard that 15 years ago about "SUV" and look at them now....
Sorry, but who is this @sshole that keeps on releasing these patent office documents? Haven't they weeded him/her out yet? I'm OK about spy shots, but this is not on.
Also were is pick-up track??? reach guy helper/worker would drive that more than GT
this designing is so prety!!!! ways to go BMW maybe one days i will have this one for my transport after i sell my maharindu
BMW my favorits
Looks like an old Chrysler Sebring and an old Ford Taurus. Blech...
my monkey can do a better job....
its the m6 sportback... believe me
when did they start patenting designs of cars? copyright, sure, but patent? whats the patent-description like, in words? that must be a fuzzy read... "convex line a passing within bow of second convex line of c, leaning by 3,66 degrees to..."...wtf.
...now im of to patent my sittingposition while writing this comment.
What an incredible design but for those of us who prefer the current model range, we still have the used market http://fyiAuto.com/cars-sale/cars.asp?make=bmw&model=6
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