“We might by no means use an i on an M”

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BMW M boss rejects iM3 hypothesis: “We might by no means use an i on an M”

Requested if BMW may develop a successor to the i8 (and why not name it the iM1 or Mi for good measure?) Van Meel replied: “No, that will probably be a Mission Unattainable! Really, we’d by no means use an i on an M, although it will be electrical.

“As a result of an M3 had a four-cylinder, six-cylinder, eight-cylinder engine; naturally aspirated, turbocharged ones. Now it’s even bought an xDrive, but it surely all the time remained an M3.

“So if we’d ever do one thing like that, it would all the time be known as an M with out an i. As a result of that’s simply the know-how, and M shouldn’t be about know-how.

“It’s a couple of promise, it’s about motorsports, it’s about emotion. It’s not concerning the drivetrain.”

And as for an electrified supercar particularly, Van Meel mentioned he and his crew have been “all the time dreaming a couple of automobile like that” however for now, it’s a no. “It’s in our hearts, it’s in our minds. As automobile guys and automobile women, we’re all the time considering and attempting out automobiles like that. However I can not say sure to you.”