Luxury car manufacturer BMW said on Thursday that it will announce plans for a new design car at the end of 2021.
“At the end of this year, we will announce the production of another high-end car,” Chairman Oliver Zipse told CNBC’s Phil LeBeau. “Squeak box. “
“It is not a successor model, but a new model, a high-end model for the U.S. market and the world market.”
Zipse did not provide any other details about the new car, but talked about his support for the Biden administration’s ambitious ambition to achieve 50% electric vehicle sales by 2030.
Zipse told CNBC that the new model is being produced at its Spartanburg plant in Geer, South Carolina. The Spartanburg plant has the company’s highest output of all BMW plants in the world. BMW X3, X4, X5, X6 X7, performance models are produced there and exported to the world. Approximately 70% of the cars produced by BMW in the United States are exported.
Recently, unconfirmed pictures of the new X8 model have been leaked on social media and car blogs.
“It will use the same basic manufacturing as the BMW X7, but provide a more radical design and more performance options, including the future X8M, which will compete with Audi RSQ8 and Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 Coupe. ”UK-Vehicle-based website Car wow Explain in as much detail as possible.
The all-new BMW X8 M: a new picture of the ultimate SUVhttps://t.co/JVeGiplVrd pic.twitter.com/xLapnECUb5
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