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No Decision Yet on Electric Mini Sports Car
BMW AG is at least six months away from deciding whether to produce its Superleggera Vision concept, an electric two-seat Mini sports car, according to board member Peter Schwarzenbauer, who is responsible for the Mini line.
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BMW AG is at least six months away from deciding whether to produce its Superleggera Vision concept, an electric two-seat Mini sports car, according to board member Peter Schwarzenbauer, who is responsible for the Mini line.
He tells Reuters the company needs time in part to decide whether to make the car itself or turn over the job to a contract assembler.
Mini unveiled the Superleggera concept in May and suggested a target selling price of $45,000. If produced, the coupe would become the brand's eighth variant.
Schwarzenbauer says BMW is pondering whether to expand the Mini product line to 10 models or cut it down to five variants to sharpen the distinction among the surviving models.
Last March Mini product management chief Oliver Friedmann told Automotive News Europe the company might drop the Mini Coupe, Paceman two-door sport coupe and Roadster convertible. But Schwarzenbauer tells Reuters he slightly favors expansion but says no decision has been made.
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