Some interesting rumors have appeared, presumably from the mouth of Dr Klaus Draeger himself, the BMW chief of product development. You see, rumor has it that the Paris Motor Show will be hosting the new generation of the BMW 6 Series. And the icing on the cake is that the 6 Series may be having a companion there…

Apart from the standard BMW 6 Series, a Shooting Brake version based on it could also appear at the Paris Motor Show hosted in October. The BMW brass is not yet convinced whether this version will become reality, as it all rests on the shoulders of the public.

But let’s assume that the Shooting Brake does receive a lot of cheers and good impressions. It will probably be available sometime next year, in two versions: a convertible and a coupe, plus a Gran Coupe version that will be available in 2012. The 6 Series will share it’s powertrain with these models, that being a 3-litre engine both on diesel and petrol or a 4.4-litreV8 engine.

Let’s see what the future brings, but times have shown on many occasions that some rumors do get true, and there’s a pretty good chance that it will apply for these also.

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BMW Gran Coupe concept goes intro production. And yes, it is official! More exactly, the BMW’s design head, Klaus Draeger, made a statement, and according to it, the 2012 will be the year where the BMW’s Gran Coupe concept will take shape and the model’s production name will be 2012 BMW … 6 Series!

The BMW’s plant from Dingolfing from Germany will be the place where the 2012 BMW 6 Series will be made, following the model to debute at the Beijing Auto Show in 2012.

The convertible version was announced to debute in the same time with the sedan one, the soft-top roof being the solution for the convertible version. Talking about the engine range that will be available for the future 6 Series, we know that the Germans at BMW will start with four engines that will be available at the debute, two of them being diesel units. For now, mostly, these are the information on this regard.

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As you may remember the stunning BMW Gran Coupe concept that was unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show this year has been announced by various sources that it will be making into production.

That’s not the full story however, as since 2012 isn’t that far away, the Bavarians are treating us to some information on what should we be expecting from it by then.

For starters, we have confirmation on the production version of the BMW Gran Coupe to be coming in in the second quarter of 2012 from BMW’s chief of sales and marketing, Ian Robertson.

So far, so good, but there’s more information to come from the same Mr. Robertson and it raises an eyebrow for many. The BMW Gran Coupe will be wearing the 6 Series badge and more importantly, there will be a M6 version of it as well. This is frankly, great news but the dark side of it can be seen in suspicion that the current form of the BMW 6 Series Coupe will be dying off.

This is not confirmed in any way but there is little information on the matter so it’s still a possibility.

When it will be going into production the BMW Gran Coupe will rival models such as the Porsche Panamera, the Audi A7 and the next generation Mercedes-Benz CLS.

Upon its debut, Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW chief designer, claimed that Gran Coupe point to a particular model, to a sedan model with the presence of a 7 Series, but more dynamic, more sportive, oriented to the driver.

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We’ve all been there, we all know the massive controversy that came along with Chris Bangle’s work at BMW and some still rejoice in knowing that something like the E60 5 Series will never happen again.

In all the Bavarians have announced that they will produce cars that from now on will synchronize with global taste of their customers.

Adrian Van Hooydonk, the man to whom Chris Bangle turned the reigns of BMW design over, stated that the company is looking to consolidate its design language and make its various model stylings more harmonious. Since he took over in 2009 we could see BMW concepts and cars have been looking as discrete, civilized and understated as any die-hard fan would approve of.

At the recent Beijing auto show, Van Hooydonk stated that consolidation is good for the brand because it gives a clearer image of what BMW is. He pointed to the new 5-Series sedan and the Gran Coupe concept as examples, saying they exhibited a more subtle use of the concave and convex, which probably means that while these cars are no longer as straight and boxy as freight locomotives they don’t upset people any more.

While some people rejoice more in this moment than in the launch of a new M5 we should mention that Chris Bangle’s controversial design ideas went into turning BMW from a sports saloon maker with occasional bleeps into coupes into a company with a very successful range of products, wearing a luxury selling crown.

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Seeing how the BMW X6 has had a tremendous success, the Bavarians are seriously considering the creation of a smaller brother for it.

Since it’s launch back in 2008 the BMW X6 has sold over 80.000 units so it would only make sense to make a smaller, more affordable version of it.

The BMW X6 has been even more controversial then all of the styling decisions made by Chris Bangle a few years ago as almost nobody seemed to understand the concept  behind the car. Nevertheless the sales figure speak for themselves and they make up the best proof behind the demand for sporty off-roaders.

While the X4 hasn’t gotten the green light yet, actually, it doesn’t even have this name yet. What it could be is a car based on the X3 platform, that would draw stylistic inspiration from the X6, obviously, and from the X Coupe Concept presented in 2001.

Since BMW has been responsible for creating niche products such as the 5 Series GranTurismo or the BMW X1 the X4 could well be soon coming to a dealership near you. How soon? Well possibly around the same time the BMW Gran Coupe hits the market in 2012.

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BMW’s most recent launch at Beijing, the Gran Coupe Concept is a great looking four door saloon, which may be going to jump at the Mercedes CLS market.

While this car has seen a lot of enthusiasm there are quite a few people considering that this is happening a bit late.

So it’s a new comer to market that’s been opened quite a long time ago but that’s not the full story, since BMW fans consider this to be late, they think that the lines featured on it may still have some great use. A few bored enthusiast that know their way around photographic and rendering software have created something very special.

This creation is a new take on a very loved BMW, the 6 Series.You can see the photo and general BMW 6 Series fan consensus is that this should go back to Munich to become a poster in the design studio there. If the next BMW 6 Series will look like this which let’s be honest, it’s not impossible.

Basically what BMW need to do is to take the BMW Gran Coupe Concept, take off a couple of doors, redo the lower part of the bumper to remove those awful looking LED fog lights to get something nice, simple and fluent with lighting that is as discrete as possible, that should be enough to highlight the amazing wheels.

So BMW, willing to listen and make us a 6 Series that actually gets bought for looks?

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