BMW X4 Back on the Table Following X6 Success

Where are the pics of the X4?

somebody is puffin ,....

Duh! Google it u will find spy pics :)

+1 agree, I mean like why are they making the x4? its pointless

they might cancel the X3..

that's why it's called a niche product... it's not for everyone.

It seems to me like they are getting so big that adding a niche product does not cause a dent in their wallets. I do wish they would focus more on their serious products instead.

It is a problem for BMW that can't do too much platform sharing as Audi does to reduce the cost and maximize profit. Because not many BMW models can share platform a nd body shell with Rolls Royce except the 7 series, then maybe the next 1 series or 0-series or i-series with the whole mini models and Pug hatch. Soon Merc will also catch up from the B-Class expansion into hatch, saloon and coupe. Beside people who want another niche model are actually really exist. Don't you know that Toyota success because it can expand one platform into a bunch other models.

+1 scratchy. I agree with almost every comment scratchy makes on this site.

the last person who should be complaining about 'carpet bombing' is the consumer. basic business says it's cheapest to produce one product that satisfies all. however, human nature gives us all likes and dislikes (c'mon, everyone outside korea sees cars like the stavic and ayron/actyon as hideous). bmw have a HUGE offering of cars, turn up at a dealer and select between models with tiny variations and you get what you want. the main thing is that all bmws (ignore mini) are badges as BMW... VW have success in offering a much wider range of offerings through badging techniques... cant afford an audi a4? buy a gofl, cant afford that? buy a skoda dont like the look of a golf? buy a scirrocco... same base vehicle, just to different tastes. the fact is, BMW are doing what we, the consumers, SHOULD be applauding.

I agree with CReeds. @astroturf777 It's not about badging techniques. It's about yet another bmw model where the consumer is already served by the model line-up (x6,x3,etc.). It's also not about price-point as you suggested as you can easily find another bmw for the price of this new x4. Because other car companies do it doesn't make it right and you can't compare the business plan of a huge parent company like VW with so many brands under it's umbrella to a relatively small player like BMW.

@ astroturf777 , finally someone who gets how the market works. @ Uptohere , niche cars are for people who don't like the X3 and X5, and would buy something else instead from another manufacturer. why lose customers when you can make extra money with offering them something they want ? the success of the X6 should be evident, the market has spoken. not all people want the same products. heck , i even see a lot of 5 GT on the roads. BMW seems to be good at mainstream cars and niche cars. the winners are the consumers, like you and me.

You are lost son and it is clear you have never been in an X6.I have a Hamann X6-M with 650Bhp and an Rs6 can't see my dust to 180Km/h.I have reached 305 Km/h clock speed with a very poor drag coefficient due to the wide aerodynamic package.The X6 has massive space inside and a huge boot.It goes through corners that only a true sports car can slightly surpass.It drives like a luxury saloon and I fully understand why those manufacturers who don't have great cars with great designs such as the X6 feel utterly jealous.It has "no"competition.Come on BMW,build the X2 and X4 for the younger people.The X1 and new X3 due are slightly conservative.BMW owners are bemused at confused VW drivers who have no clue that's what their Audi actually is.The Passat RS6 will feel well inferior in BMW's presence since the world's fastest saloon title belongs to the G-Power M5 that runs 367,4Km/h.And needless to say an Alpina B5s duly humiliates it on the performance front as well as an M5 with the BMW Performance pack.

oh come on! you know BMWs are like Harry Potter books; there will be a line around the corner for down payments before its tires hit the ground. BMW markets itself very well and has a lot of brand equity to fall back on. As a result the brand has the ability to define what aesthetics are to its audience. The Bangle era pretty much proved that on the occasions when they do make an ugly vehicle it only makes them seem more avant-garde. Creating another SUV with near sports car performance and less storage capacity for its footprint will continue to do the same. You do have to appreciate that for the person whom this vehicle does not suit, it will be difficult for them to understand why an owner wouldn't resort to a different product that superficially at the very least would appear to suit their needs better. Automobile purchases are more often than not about the intangibles though.

X means 4 wheel drive.

@ Lennox.... , are you trolling or jut stupid ?