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Re: SPY PHOTOS: BMW 135ti
Quote:Originally Posted by AdvEvoSept.29/006 GCF.com
when can we expect the first spy pics of 2er coupe. all we see are cabrio pics or coupe pics with cabrio fake roofs.
EniLab: “I hope soon - like I told you: cabrio will be launched first + more development work due different chassis / body solutions than coupe + more development work due folding roof.
Coupe will need less final development time since it will have almost identical body & chassis solutions to 3dr hatch:
right now almost all the tests for coupe solutions are performed in a 3dr hatch prototypes. Coupe will get its original body panels in FEP phases.”
AdvEvo: Lots of talk going on that the 3 door hatch will be coupe.
EniLab : “Wrong. There will be 3dr 1er hatch (beside 5dr) AND 2dr 2er coupe (and cabrio).
I guess the rumours of upcoming small coupe, the lack of coupe prototypes on the roads, and information that 3dr hatch have coupe's chais & body solutions make some people think that 1er 3dr hatch = coupe.
But this is not the case.
Most mags also have wrong info on 2er cabrio: most think it will be bagded as 1er. It won't. It will wear 2er badge.
Also the unknown shift: offering cabrio before coupe also makes people believe there will be no coupe, just a 3dr 1er hatch.
Also most mags are wrong about the 2er cabrio launch: it won't come in Spring 2008 like many mags says, but much earlier - in late Spring / early Summer 2007.”
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