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Presented at the 2023 Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance, the BMW Concept Touring Coupe it might not remain a unique model for long. Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design at the BMW Group, said autoblog He’s open to making a small batch of coupes if there’s enough demand.
“It is unique at the moment and there are no concrete plans to put it into production, but we reached an agreement before we set sail for Lake Como that if there is enough interest we will look into it. It could be a very low volume version, like 50 cars. more or less,” he revealed.
It doesn’t take much mental gymnastics to imagine that BMW could sell 50 examples with relative ease. Beyond the rarity, which would no doubt increase the model’s appeal in the eyes of collectors, the shooting brake-like roofline would make it a hit with younger buyers who grew up longing for the Z3 Coupe released in 1998. Of course, it takes more than a desire to convert a Selfconcept in a production model, and van Hooydonk said it’s still too early to tell if the Concept Touring Coupe will get the proverbial green light for production.
“I’d like that,” he said with a smile.
There’s even better news: if the Concept Touring Coupe becomes a production model, it may not be far off. Van Hooydonk brought the 3.0 CSL Hommage R concept presented at the 2015 edition of the Concours d’Elegance. Plans to build it were not announced at the time, but it became the limited edition 3.0 CSL in 2022. “Maybe we can do [the Concept Touring Coupe] a little faster,” he hinted.
As for the roofline, the Z3 Coupe flavor is intentional. “We could have done a fastback coupe, but we quickly settled on the bread van, or shoot Brakebecause we felt it would make it a bit more iconic,” van Hooydonk explained. He added that while the Z3 Coupe sparked controversy when it made its debut 25 years ago, it has become a coveted classic due in part to its unusual silhouette.
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