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2008 BMW M3 Sedan - World Premiere In Tokyo Show

As we anticipated well before the German carmaker officially introduced the M3 Sedan (click here), BMW announced today that its new 420 Hp sports sedan will make its world wide debut at the forthcoming Tokyo Show (Oct. 24). Along with the E90 M3, BMW will also perform the Asian premiere of the X6 Concept and the 2008 6-Series facelift. Nice, but the question remains; what will BMW’s second worldwide premiere be? -Translated press release after the jump

Translated German Press Release

Munich-Tokyo. A world debut of a special kind celebrates BMW at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show 2007, from 27 October to 11 November in the Japanese capital. First, the BMW M3 sedan to the public. With this added to the New German premium car manufacturer offering the BMW M3 models again for a four variant. Moreover wait two fascinating Asia premieres to the public in Tokyo. Firstly, the new BMW 6 Series coupe and a convertible as a new benchmark for dynamics, driving culture and exclusivity. On the other hand, embodies the new BMW 1 coupe highest driving fun in the compact segment. Another highlight of the Tokyo Motor Show 2007, the BMW Concept X6 Active Hybrid. The study of the first full hybrid vehicle by BMW shows impressively that the potential combination of internal combustion engine and electric drive holds, if they are in a the BMW brand values corresponding form realized. With the concept for the BMW Concept X6 Active Hybrid, the conditions for the first time with a hybrid vehicle distinct advantages both in the driving dynamics as well as the consumption and emission values.

Customers in Japan can also result from a variety of other models, motor and equipment innovations happy. Coupe and convertible, complete now available in Japan, the BMW 3 series. A new level of driving dynamics, sovereignty and traction guarantees the new BMW X5, which is also the first BMW with up to seven seats. For maximum driving pleasure Couple stand against the models presented in Tokyo BMW Z4 roadster and BMW Z4 coupe. The first time visitors to the Tokyo Motor Show BMW Hydrogen also presented seven whose bivalenter twelve-cylinder engine with 191 kW/260 hp both gasoline and hydrogen and thus can burn its way into one of fossil fuels and clean independent mobility has.

At the 40th Tokyo Motor Show, and the organizers expect more than 250 international exhibitors around 1.5 million visitors. The exhibition space on the Makuhari-Messegelände was increased by more than 10% to almost 45,000 square meters. The German premium manufacturer BMW uses the largest automobile exhibition in Asia to represent its innovation, particularly in the areas of drive technology, the driver assistance systems, the comfort and safety features.

Only a few weeks after the sales launch of the sporty BMW M3 coupe follows in Tokyo, the world premiere of the BMW M3 sedan. As in the top four ranks of the individualist and at the same time as the high-performance sports car wins the vehicle from a standstill position for an exception. With racing genes helps the newly developed 4.0-liter and 309 kW/420 hp V8-Hochdrehzahl-Aggregat limousine to the outstanding performance. For the acceleration from zero to 100 km / h satisfy 4.9 seconds, the maximum speed is electronically to 250 km / h limit.

A particularly attractive innovation makers present themselves in their Asian premiere the new models of the BMW 6 Series in its Asian premiere. Optically carefully modified convey the elegant sports coupe, as well as the dynamic luxury convertible joy of driving at the highest level. Equipment features as adaptive cornering light and variable light distribution, Active Cruise Control with Stop & Go-Funktion to distance control traffic flowing in and step pace, leaving the track with a vibration warning signal at the steering wheel, Head, BMW Night Vision and high beam assistant documenting highest technological level in the area of driver assistance systems and comfort features. Moreover, the BMW 6 Series BMW now have head restraints in the event of impact with the rear of the vehicle, the risk of cervical vertebra reduce injuries.

In the area of technology, the drive at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007 introduced innovations dedicated to the development strategy BMW Efficient Dynamics. Shown is based on a selection of current, medium-term and long-term strategies to reduce the consumption and emission values from the current model range on the BMW Concept X6 Active Hybrid to the water-luxury sedan BMW Hydrogen 7th

When BMW X6 Active Hybrid Concept combines the German premium manufacturers the world's first Sports Activity also coupe with a never before realized in the form of hybrid drive. The result is the first under the BMW hybrid vehicles. His drive concept leads to significantly higher driving dynamics than with conventional hybrid vehicles, and also to a reduction of consumption by up to 20% compared to a similar vehicle with pure combustion engine propulsion. The innovative Active Hybrid technology enables the efficiency benefits of electric propulsion as in the past, not only in urban transport, but also at higher speeds.

BMW Active Hybrid is an integral part of development strategy BMW Efficient Dynamics, which already leads that series cars from BMW joy of driving with impressive efficiency combine. For example, the BMW 135i coupe not only with the incomparable thrill driving pleasure, but also with a relative to its capacity extremely cautious about fuel consumption. The top of the first in Asia's shown 1er BMW coupe is powered by a 3.0 liter in-line six-cylinder engine with Twin Turbo and gasoline direct injection (High Precision Injection) engines. The 225 kW/306 hp engine accelerates the two seater coupé in just 5.3 seconds from zero to 100 km / h. His average consumption in EU-Testzyklus amounted to 9.6 liters per 100 kilometers.

BMW Efficient Dynamics already has been to many groundbreaking innovations. These include fully variable valve control pumping, as well as the magnesium-aluminum composite crankcase to the line six-cylinder engine from BMW. It takes only 57% of the weight of a conventional cast iron block on the scales, and is about 24% lighter than a comparable aluminum housing. Six-cylinder engines with VALVETRONIC and magnesium-aluminum composite crankcase, for example, on the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007 presented 30 models BMW X5, BMW 630i, BMW 330i and the BMW Z4 Roadster and 30 in the BMW Z4 Coupé 30 the deployment.

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