BMW will exhibit motorcycles on its auto stand at the Paris Motor Show
One month before the start of the Mondial de la Moto de Paris, Site reviews the troops present at Porte de Versailles from October 4 to 10. BMW France confirms its presence at the Parisian event, but only in its auto part: its "Motorrad" branch will be content to exhibit a few motorcycles – but nothing new – around the cars of the German brand. Explanations.
Site: Will BMW be officially present at the 2018 Paris Motorcycle Show, which this year has the particularity of being coupled with the Mondial de l’Automobile? In what form and with what means ?
- MNC of September 5, 2018:
- MNC of September 3, 2017 :
- MNC of January 17, 2017 :
- MNC special file :
Clementine Letessier, BMW Motorrad France product and lifestyle communication specialist: BMW will be officially represented on the auto part. Motorcycles will be exhibited on the car stand, in the presence of employees of BMW Motorrad France.
MNC: Do you plan to reveal "real" novelties there, knowing that the French meeting collides with Intermot from October 3 to 7 in Cologne (Germany) and that the very popular EICMA will open its doors in Milan (Italy ) barely a month later (November 6-11) ?
C. L.: No, we will not unveil new products in Paris. Priority is given to Intermot (Germany) and EICMA (Italy). We invite your readers to come to Cologne and Milan to discover our new 2019 models !
MNC: What events have you planned to attract Parisian visitors (meetings with the pilots, tests, competitions, etc.) ?
M. G .: We will host cars and motorcycles.
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The opinion of the Journal moto du Net
This was one of the risks incurred by the decision to bring together cars and motorcycles at the 2018 Paris Motor Show: that certain manufacturers concerned by the two productions exhibit only in the car part and abandon the area dedicated to motorcycles and scooters (Hall 3 of the Exhibition Center).
- MNC special file :
- MNC retrospective :
Because the return of this mixed format (cars and motorcycles lived together at the Paris Motor Show until 1986) poses obvious constraints for brands with "double caps", obliged to install two separate stands in the same place to satisfy all their customers. . Not to mention the fact that the Parisian event is being held at the same time as the Cologne motorcycle show (Germany): a real logistical headache !
Choices must therefore be made: for BMW – which plays at home at Intermot – this compromise consists of exhibiting a few motorcycles from the current range around its new cars. And too bad for the biker visitors who are not interested in the automobile, who thought they could admire the BMW motorcycles on a dedicated stand…
- MNC of September 4, 2018:
The motorcycle branch of the German brand takes the risk of leaving some of its French fans hungry, unlike Suzuki France, for example, which has us. Unless BMW Motorrad finds its way there by seducing some of the very many visitors to the auto show with its motorcycles displayed among its cars ?
Recall that the 2019 BMW Motorrad vintage promises to be particularly rich, with a dozen new motorcycles expected, including the very popular ones, which could go from a displacement of 1170 cc to 1250 cc and introduce an unprecedented variable distribution on their famous twin cylinder. flat.
The Superbike must also evolve significantly, information confirmed by BMW rider Althea Loris Baz who announced the arrival of "a real new model, not an evolution" during our. MNC would not be surprised to see the roadster also be energized via the new 853 cc twin-cylinder of the trails and …
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Finally, we also expect a sports car designed on the G310 platform, for the moment available in roadster () and trail (). This hypothetical G310RR will probably be modeled on the Apache of the Indian manufacturer TVS, with which BMW is working on the G310. So many interesting things that you will have to go and discover in Cologne and Milan…
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