BMW confirms plans for front-wheel drive models

One thing is certain in this crazy world, the pleasure of driving the rear wheels are controlled. Of course, all-wheel drive model for randomly thrown in good measure, but even they turn to try to RWD true when additional traction on the two plates before contact is not considered necessary or desirable. So warned the media (oh, wait ...): BMW has confirmed rumors that he will build cars for FWD.

Annual financial report for 2010 Press conference, Dr Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of BMW, said the following:

[Small car] segment will grow even more. And we seize this opportunity. We study the possibility of establishing a common framework for the front and four-wheel drive systems on these cars. In other words: There will be front-wheel drive BMW in small classes of cars in the future.

Here, fans of BMW? We do not worry too much - it seems unlikely that BMW will do down the wholesale electricity market to the rear wheels at the front, especially for basic models, such as the 3 Series, 5 Series and 7-series - but with the addition of chassis TA will lighter vehicle platforms to exchange information with other companies and "reduce [its] fleet of global carbon emissions by at least 25 per cent between 2008 and 2020."

In fact, it takes Reithofer yourself:

BMW will continue to Sport-inspired brand. We at BMW Group continues to provide maximum performance to meet the new challenges and sharpen our competitive edge.