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      09-03-2012, 07:51 PM   #169
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Originally Posted by KoenG View Post
Frankly, It would surprise me when they would up the wheelbase with a few inches. I assume that doing such a thing also ups the production costs substantially. When it is for bringing more leg room in the back, why didn't they on the sedan and touring then? People grew the last 6 months?

The F30/31 are brand new, it's not that they pre-introduce a variant on the next platform or anything. I reckon that it is typically then that you would see differences in wheel base within a model range (since two generations of chassis).

We'll know more very soon I guess, seen the fundamental debates here, I hope at least the style will be ok. The vehicle composure and dynamics will most probably be ok (seen F30 based), and that is more important.
They will probably reuse the 3Li from China. This would also make sense if they wanted to differentiate the car and charge a premium over of the sedan.
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