Bmw 5-Series PAS to be unveiled before the Geneva Motor Show

BMW sources reveal that the 5-Series patterned Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS) will be unwrapped in a special event on February 11 and 12 although details have been closely guarded at this time. It is commonly expected that the PAS, which is founded on the latest 2010 5-Series, will be introduced after the debut of the redesigned 5-Series.

Considering the timeframe for the PAS showing, however, it would look like BMW will be showing a concept version rather than a production model. Nevertheless, a concept is fundamentally just a thinly-veiled production model.
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Kthorn - 1/29/2009 11:24:02 AM

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It's an X5.4

Yonder7 - 1/29/2009 11:12:07 AM

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Ugly

LUXCAR32 - 1/29/2009 12:13:18 PM

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So It's a taller hatchback version of the 5? Seems like a very small market, It will probably be much bigger in the US than europe because people in the US still don't really like station wagons so this would be an alternative for people in the wagon market that don't really want to be there, or something like that???

JRobUSC - 1/29/2009 12:17:46 PM

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1) I don't think that's how it's going to look, since that's essentially the side and grill of a 7 mixed with the bumper of a 3 and the tail of an X6, BUT if it did
2) that looks a lot like the Audi Sportback concept they just showed in Detroit, which is funny because everyone was drooling over on the Sportback on here. Swap the Audi grill with twin kidneys though and you get disdain. Figures.

Kthorn - 1/29/2009 12:18:59 PM

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Just when Chrylser had the "what the hell do you call it" market all sewn up with the Pacifica, BMW invents an all new class of... whatyacallits

r_driver04 - 1/29/2009 12:53:01 PM

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Why? You already got the ugly X6. BMW, stop while you're ahead.

kablaam - 1/29/2009 1:02:41 PM

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Every time BMW introduces something controversial, the industry criticizes but eventually conforms and copies.

Ironic.

1dott8 - 1/29/2009 1:11:29 PM

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Ugly. It looks like what the X6 should have been.

Why do people criticize Audi for making cars that look identical and this looks like a lower X6.

Yonder7 - 1/29/2009 1:17:41 PM

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Well in this case they did a copy of the pacifica, may be better but at the end looks like it....

Caraficionado - 1/29/2009 1:29:52 PM

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Better looking than the model it replaces

Ricks2Dogs - 1/29/2009 4:39:29 PM

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Is this to replace the ditched X7??...Not sure what BMW is thinking here...I think they should stick to sedans, coupes and SUV's...stay away from this what is it, crossover, in-between stuff.

JUGNU - 1/30/2009 5:52:16 AM

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looks like Panamera and that is very very bad thing.

JUGNU