Though the platform will be shared, each company will adorn the car with its own aesthetic signature.Īccording to the report, after getting their feet wet with this project, the companies don't view this collaboration as a one-off, suggesting that in the future we'll see more BMW chocolate in our Toyota peanut butter. Do not expect a badge-engineering job like the Scion/Subaru FR-S/BRZ twins. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Thankfully, we'll be spared a CVT an SMG is slated for transmission duty.īMW's taking the lead on body/chassis development details are few, but expect a hybrid construction of aluminum, high-strength steel and carbon fiber. The new sports cars will follow a similar tack, using a small-displacement BMW engine and BMW-built, Toyota spec'd electric motors. Toyota's monstrous 420-hp Yaris Hybrid R concept utilized the system, pairing a 300-hp gasoline engine with a troika of electric motors. View all 19 consumer vehicle reviews for the 2022 BMW X3 on Edmunds, or submit your own review of the 2022 X3. The resultant sports cars will be all-wheel drive, utilizing a hybrid powertrain.īoth Toyota City and Munich have been playing with the potential of supercapacitors for years and they'll finally be deployed in a production state in the new vehicles. Today, even non-M cars get the M-Line visual. It all started with BMW’s M motorsport division. BMW is not without its racing past, as the M3 and M5 have become serious performance machines. Its all-wheel-drive system would become part of the brand’s core identity. From there, things look to be diverging wildly as technology marches forward. Audi has a rich heritage in motorsport, including the Quattro rally car.
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Like the current Z4, its predecessor and the Z3 before it, as well as every generation of Supra, the new platform will feature a front-mounted gasoline engine. The BMW-Toyota sports-car mash-up has been reported on for a couple of years now, but new information from a report in the U.K.'s Autocar sheds more light on the future of the BMW Z4 and what this year's Toyota FT-1 concept will ultimately herald.