BMW trademark filings hint at Gran Coupe, Project i, performance diesel, electric offerings
According to findings by BMWBlog (they are a pretty trustworthy source of BMW news), BMW has filed some trademark registrations that give us a hint of some future models. However, keep in mind that most of the names registered by a car manufacturer may not be associated with a new model, they could be simply labeled as “placeholders.”
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Here are BMW”s latest trademark registration filings.
- M 50 d
- Urbanic
- Gran Coupe
- Compactive
- Compactive Tourer
Click through to see the full list.
- i1
- i2
- i3
- i4
- i5
- i6
- i7
- i8
- i9
- E1
- E2
- E3
- E4
- E5
- E6
- E7
- E8
- E9
Now what shall we make of these trademarks?
M 50 d: Will most likely be a tri-turbo performance diesel model that will start with the 5-Series and make its way upward to the 6-Series.
Urbanic: Will be the specification for the MegaCity vehicles.
Gran Coupe: You can probably figure this one out on your own but these will most likely be Coupe versions of BMW’s new Gran Turimso lineup.
Compactive and Compactive Tourer: These vehicles will most likely be BMW’s upcoming front-wheel-drive models.
i: These will be BMW’s Project i vehicles.
e: The ‘e’ badging will be found on BMW’s pure electric-vehicles like the Mini E and the BMW ActiveE Concept.
– By: Kap Shah
Source: BMWBlog
