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Video: BMW X1 Prototype goes dashing through the snow

Posted: Feb 04, 2009

Filed under: BMW, Spy Shots/Renderings, Videos

With Bangle gone, BMW continues work on the X1 very-compact SUV. Of course, we’re guessing that design was finalized before Bangle’s departure so you expect the production model to look very similar to the concept unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.
BMW has just released a video of the X1 prototype undergoing some cold-weather testing [...]

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Production BMW X1 going on sale in Oct. 2009

Posted: Dec 23, 2008

Filed under: BMW, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

The BMW X1 prototypes are currently undergoing some extreme cold weather testing and according to Auto Motor und Sport, the smaller and more agile SAV will make its production debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor show with sales to begin in Oct. 2009.
Insiders say that the production version of the X1 will be very close to [...]

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BMW X1 to get rear-wheel-drive version with ’sDrive’ badging

Posted: Oct 09, 2008

Filed under: BMW

Love it or hate it, BMW is making the X1 and it will be going into production next year at the Leipzig plant in Germany. According to BMW insiders, the production X1 will be offered in both four-wheel-drive and rear-wheel drive.
BMW has always stayed away from doing two-wheel-drive versions of its ‘X’ SUVs, but feels [...]

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BMW killed the X7 to concentrate on X1 and MINI Crossman

Posted: Oct 06, 2008

Filed under: BMW, Industry News, MINI

Market wise it was a no brainer for BMW; so whether you like it or not, 2010 will mark the year for compact SUVs from BMW. That’s right – a production X1 and Mini Crossover will go on sale in 2010. According to CEO Norber Reithofer, BMW cancelled old product plans like the X7 since they [...]

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Live from Paris 2008: BMW X1 Hybrid in the works

Posted: Oct 03, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, BMW, Hybrids, Green News

Next year will be pretty exciting for BMW. It will be introducing the 2009 BMW 7-Series along with a hybrid variant, a BMW X6 Hybrid and a production version of its new BMW Concept X1.
As we’ve told you over and over again, the BMW X1 will go into production next year at BMW’s Leipzig plant [...]

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BMW Concept X1 Officially Revealed, with video

Posted: Oct 01, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, BMW

After a little leak last night, BMW has officially released all the images and details on the BMW Concept X1, a new SAV that will go into production next year focusing on the same youth, fun and compact character of the BMW 1-Series.
With an architecture borrowed from the E90 3-Series, the production BMW X1 is [...]

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BMW Concept X1 Revealed… sort of

Posted: Sep 30, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, BMW, Hybrids, Green News

We saw a video teaser yesterday and today the first official photos of the BMW Concept X1 have hit the internet two days before the 2008 Paris Motor Show opens to the press. Of course while it is called a ”concept,” BMW is known for carrying most, if not all, of the design over to production.
The [...]

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Video: BMW Concept X1 trailer does the hip-hop thing

Posted: Sep 29, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, BMW

Oh yeah, the BMW Concept X1 is new, popping, hip and hopping and we’ll stop right there. BMW has released this new trailer for the Concept X1 that will debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show next week.
BMW has already confirmed that the production version of the Concept X1 will arrive on the market in [...]

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BMW X2: A part of the BMW X1 family but think of it as a baby X6

Posted: Sep 05, 2008

Filed under: BMW

Next month BMW will show the concept version of the BMW X1 before revealing the production model early next year. According to CAR, BMW is also working on what is known as the X2. The X2 will be a part of the X1 family but will fit more into a sporty crossover segment.
While the X1 [...]

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BMW to reveal 7-Series ActiveHybrid and X1 Concept in Paris

Posted: Aug 27, 2008

Filed under: Auto Shows, BMW

Besides the all new 2009 7-Series and the mid-life 3-Series facelift, BMW will come to Paris with an ActiveHybrid version of the 7-Series along with the new compact SUV (or SAV in BMW terms) concept that will provide us with the first look of the upcoming BMW X1.
This is not the first time BMW is [...]