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@ Levi

Shall we get laptimes of the M3 GTS on the Ring? 7:30 min anywhere?

Yes our engineers have spent considerable time with this car over the past few months. So you will get to see it's full capability and then it will be the media's turn.

Why did BMW stop the 3 Series Compact? Is there no market for this car?

The BMW 1er Sporthatch in 3dr and 5dr effectively replaced the 3er Compact.

Why has BMW decided to call the 5 Series GT (Gran Turismo) F07 so, instead of V5? BMW Gran Turismo and Maserati GranTurismo, have the same name but are quite different.

We effectively suggested a letter followed by a number like "Z" and "X" however other companies had similar branding with an extra digit before or after and then the complex legal issues began.GT was suggested by the designer who interpreted his car as a country crossing Gran Turismo. The name itself suggests driving in style , in luxurious surroundings and in an effortless direction. Which is the definition of the 5er Gran Turismo.

Why is the new "hard-core" M3 called M3 GTS and not M3 CSL, like the previous one? CSL means Coupé Sport Light(weight). What does GTS stand for?

The car is called GTS to showcase a spiritual link on the track with the E92
M3 GT Race car. S simply stands for Strasse or Street. Because of it's road car specification.

You say they will get an individual aero packet. Let us take the example of the 5 Series F10. So we have Standard, shall have M-Pacakge, maybe as the X6 shown at Geneva a BMW Performance Package, the M5 body, and yet the "550ds" aero packet. Isn't it to much pricewise? Because I do not think the "550ds" will be a volume seller as the 530d? If not why no new bumper for the M3 E92/E93 to fit the LCI headlights?

Because these are "Performance diesels there is a trend to keep that identity by offering a unique application to the car.
As of now certain packages offer the same look with the same engine with only some variants allowing for upgrade via BMW Performance.
Similar in concept to the iS cars the Diesels will offer a slightly athletic appearence to identify them.
With The M3 it is more complex The front of the car would have to be redesigned and reprofiled to accomodate the updated changes. It is why the E46 M3 did not get updated alongside the regular E46 Coupe purely down to cost reasons.

As not many are interessted in a "stripped" M Car like the M1 CSL/GTS, M3 CSL/GTS, Z4 M CSL/GTS, and building such a car is to expensive, and many do not like the idea of having a "not special" M3 compared to a Porsche 911 GT3/GT3 RS, why not develop a special car for this purpose, sort of "BMW M CSL" and leave the other "M3 CSL" or eventual "M1 CSL" away?

This is purely a marketing decision , unfortunately such concepts cannot be sustained aswell as we would like. An M car has to be an M car throughout and specific attention to detail is applied in every area where it counts.
Additional variants are purely brought on by marketing demand which is where the GTS comes in , A similar concept in full production instead of limited numbers will not be able to be sustained as some markets would mean the car would unsaleable due to the market cost and that customers would not give up their luxury and comfort.

Is the Z4 Coupé E89 also already designed but placed on hiatus? Can't the Z4 M E89 get the S65 engine from the M3 E92? Why let the market to other 2-seater coupes as Nissan 370Z, Audi TT-RS, Porsche Cayman S and so?

The Z4 Coupe was conceived alongside it's Roadster as we were at two minds of offering a folding hard-top at first. We also considered lower engined models using a Soft-top with a folding hard top on the upper models.
The Z4 coupe was simply the Roadster with a fixed hard top as you can see with the launch of the GT car. And the distinguishing design features from the Coupe are plain to see on the iS model.
Z4 Coupe E86 was introduced because sales of the E85 were sliding , however sales of the E89 have been exceptional meaning the only Coupe for now will be the Race car . There are no plans as of now currently for a Z4 M.

The M5 F10 engine will be based on the X5/X6 M E70/E71 engine, but not the same. Does it mean redline at 7.500-8.000 rpm, similar to McLaren MP4-12C redline at 8.500 rpm (I know it is not the same kind of cars and not for the same purpose)?

The thing to understand is that the engine has to accompany the car not simply dropped in. So the engineers no exactly what is the best requirements for the car , overall figures etc are not concrete as now because the car is far from finished.