It Looks Like The BMW 4-Series Isn’t Going Anywhere After All

• A caller study suggests that BMW is reluctant to discontinue the 4-series astatine this point.
• BMW remains committed to combustion-powered cars, alongside investments successful EVs and hydrogen.
• The futures of the Z4 and 8-Series stay uncertain.

Lovers of the BMW 4-Series rejoice. Reports that the exemplary was connected the chopping artifact whitethorn person been exaggerated aft all. A caller remark from BMW North America Head of Product Communications, Tom Plucinsky, sheds immoderate uncertainty connected the 4 Series’ rumored demise portion simultaneously reaffirming the automaker’s committedness to the interior combustion engine.

Plucinsky reaffirmed that portion the institution is investing successful a due axenic BEV platform, it’s excessively soon to assertion that thing is being discontinued. He besides spoke of the company’s continuing probe connected hydrogen power, which the institution believes volition connection a solution to long-distance driving.

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Word connected the thoroughfare was that BMW was looking to axe the combustion coupe successful favour of an all-electric exemplary based connected its caller Neue Klasse architecture. Speculation came astir with BMW’s instauration of the Vision Neue Klasse concepts. Meanwhile, BMW Blog reported that the 4-Series would not beryllium expected to person a caller generation.

However, successful speech with MotorTrend, the BMW NA’s Product Communications Head told the outlet that the institution believes successful exertion openness. “We ne'er said that we would spell afloat BEV by a definite clip due to the fact that we’ve ever been of the sentiment that definite markets successful the state and definite markets astir the satellite volition beryllium faster and slower to person to BEV,” said Plucinsky.

He went connected to accidental that BMW is inactive investing successful combustion tech for its cars, and volition proceed to connection them to consumers. “If for you, a BEV is the close happening to do, great, we can, we’ll physique you a BEV. If you’re inactive an interior combustion motor benignant person, we’ll physique those arsenic well.”

Although the comments were made successful effect to a query astir the 4-Series coupe and convertible, it inactive remains to beryllium seen what the fates of the Z4 and 8-Series volition be. The low-volume models person been rumored to beryllium successful enactment for execution for immoderate clip now. Will we spot a akin reprise of BMW’s sportscar lineup, either successful combustion oregon electrical form? Watch this space.