BMW has caused a stir on the internet with the announcement of a new super sports car.
Brand fans in the USA fear that they will look into the tube and want to change that now.
BMW
has got fans all over the world going with a new Erlkönig.
US fans are afraid that they will have to look inside the tube and start an
online petition
.
That's what
BMW
says
.
Munich -
BMW
M GmbH from
Garching
near
Munich
has expanded its range of sporty motorized vehicles for the well-heeled clientele in recent years.
This year alone, the M3 Sedan and M4 Coupé will be launched.
Next year the
BMW
subsidiary will also be adding a convertible version with M-Power.
The Garching-based company attracted the greatest attention with the announcement of a completely new vehicle.
For the first time in the history of
BMW
M GmbH there will also be an
M3 Touring
, the sports car manufacturer announced in mid-August.
Road testing has just started.
After a good two years of preparation, the station wagon with
M-Power should
then come onto the market.
Check out this post on Instagram
Leaving M Town.
# TheM3 #BMW # M3 #TOURING # G81 #BMWM
A post shared by BMW M GmbH (@bmwm) on Aug 25, 2020 at 8:32 am PDT
The announcement and the subsequent Erlkönig video caused a stir on the Internet.
It is true that some users in the social networks bumped into each other on the mighty front end, which could be guessed under the camouflage of the Erlkönig and is already used in sister models such as the M4 Coupé.
Many fans reacted ecstatically.
BMW: Brand fans are begging car manufacturers
“Please bring the car to the USA too,” begged a user on Instagram.
Other US users also begged for approval.
The demand is so great on social networks that a
BMW
fan has even started an online petition.
The group should follow the example of
Audi
and bring the M3 Touring to the US market, it says on Change.org.
On Friday morning, around 2000 users had already joined the petition.
On the portal, on which petitions about the speed limit on German autobahns usually make the rounds, the
BMW
disciples are now going really steep.
The M3 Touring is an “epic car.
Please make it available in the USA too, ”demands a
BMW
fan.
The United States, writes another in capital letters, "NEEDS and DESERVES the G21 / 81 !!!".
Another user who
comes
out as a US employee of
BMW
writes that he has "at least half a dozen customers who asked him how they could get the car".
BMW keeps a low profile
At
BMW
M GmbH, despite the declarations of love from the States, they keep a low profile.
A spokesman told Merkur.de on Friday morning that no statements have been made about specific markets or an exact starting time for the M3 Touring.
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- Alice Charlotte (@AliceCharlott) September 1, 2020
Observers see the prospects for a market launch of the M3 Touring in the
USA,
however, rather sober.
While station wagons are still widespread in Europe despite the triumph of SUVs, the family-friendly packhorse in the USA are at best a niche market.
The range of German premium manufacturers is correspondingly manageable.
Family fathers hungry for horsepower who rely on Made in Germany can so far only choose between the
Audi
A6 RS and the E63 from the
Mercedes
subsidiary
AMG
.
The
BMW
M GmbH has still not been tilled the niche in the States.
The USA is the most important market for M athletes.
Last year, the Garching-based company sold every third vehicle on the other side of the Atlantic.
BMW subsidiary on wave of success thanks to new models
Overall, the Bavarian noble car tuner increased sales with its particularly profitable sports cars by a third to 136,000 vehicles last year.
This is the first time in the company's almost 50-year history that the company has taken on "market leadership in the segment of performance and high-performance automobiles," said the head of the
BMW
subsidiary,
Markus Flasch,
when the key figures were presented in January.
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