A secret new high-tech BMW prototype has been unveiled precipitately in a series of patent register images, providing clues to developments future models from the German car maker's fledgling i brand are likely to adopt.
The leaked images, lodged by BMW officials at the Shanghai patent register office in China earlier this year, reveal a new wind-cheating plug-in petrol-electric hybrid research vehicle that was constructed at BMW’s R&D centre in Munich, Germany, and has recently pressed into a testing program.
Described by an insider with knowledge of BMW’s R&D activities as answer to the Volkswagen XL1, the secret four-seat prototype draws heavily on the company’s extensive experience in carbonfibre-reinforced plastic construction, using the lightweight material for its primary structure, outer panels, various interior elements and rims.
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