Concept Gran Coupé unveiled in China

BMW has unveiled in its Design Night at Beijing’s Auto China 2010 the Concept Gran Coupé, a four-door coupe with a distinctive sporty character, carrying the brand’s essential design features but also showing the future path of BMW’s design.

The BMW Concept Gran Coupé represents a combination of the exclusivity of a Gran Turismo with a high-performance sports car. With elegant, flat and coupe-like proportions the 4-door vehicle indicates high levels of dynamic performance. Measuring almost 5 metres the Concept Gran Coupé has a stretched appearance but never abandoning the flowing lines.

The front end of the Concept Gran Coupé is dominated by BMW’s characteristic kidney grille that, in this case, has received a flat appearance, with an asymmetrical side view which enhances the close attention to detail. The front section appears wider thanks to the air inlet that runs back an extremely long way into the side section.

Up to 100 millimeters flatter than the BMW 5 Series or the BMW 7 Series Sedan, the BMW concept has a body height of little less than 1.40 meters. The frameless doors give the BMW Concept Gran Coupé a modern look as the glass surfaces appear to join impeccably without being interrupted by columns.

At the back end the Concept Gran Coupé seems slimmer and lighter at the centre, though it still transmits the idea of power and dynamic performance thanks to the reinforced volume towards the sides. The sporty character is further enhanced with the wheel arches above the rear axle.

The BMW Concept Gran Coupé further develops the classic design of a notchback sedan where the individual body sections merge into a flat, elongated and at the same time dynamic overall image.