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Post Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:02 pm

why dont BMW make van ? they make bikes but not vans. Merc makes vans but not bikes ? Why :? :? :? :? :?
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Post Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:46 am

devalues the brand.....oh wait...the mini :roll:
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Post Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:57 am

Exactly right.

Merc have the whole trucks and thing going on too. This is exactly one of the reasons BMW's brand is so valuable and envied.

And also why they still have crazy parts prices for old cars - prestige.
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Post Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:59 am

If parents could divorce their children, bmw should divorce the mini.
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Post Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:26 pm

or leave it on someones door step lmao
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Post Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:15 pm

get yourself a touring and plate over the rear side windows.job done.
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:33 am

Hmm, can't reveal too much, but there may be an E30 one appearing soon on the Zone winkeye
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:37 am

grantfk10 wrote:Hmm, can't reveal too much, but there may be an E30 one appearing soon on the Zone winkeye
Did someone buy that black one that was on ebay??
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:47 am

Not that I know of, but I heard recently that my old lagoon green touring was being "converted" winkeye
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:45 pm

SSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! :eek:
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Post Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:38 pm

BMW did make a van, I knew they did,and here it is built in the early '30's....

It was the BMW 3/15 PS Type DA 2

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Post Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:47 pm

nice find jesus!! :cool:
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Post Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:54 pm

Nice bbs Rims!!!
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Post Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:29 pm

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:Nice bbs Rims!!!
2.5's...you can tell by the wide arches :wink:
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Post Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:31 pm

looks like its got eccentric e30 m3 wishbone mounts on the rear- as wheels are sitting forward in the arch :cool:
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Post Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:24 pm

It's also got a lot of side venting,I wonder what kind of monster turbo is lurking behind them winkeye
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:48 pm

if BMW made vans. they would be the best vans in the world 8)
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:54 pm

Jesus325iTouring wrote:BMW did make a van, I knew they did,and here it is built in the early '30's....

It was the BMW 3/15 PS Type DA 2

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See it has the very early storm single wiper conversion.
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:16 pm

This may well be old news (as I´m a beemer newbie) but this page seems to be fairly official BMW......

http://bmw.carclub.ru/clubs/BMW/news/27008.html

Nice... :cool:
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:49 pm

nice but that to me is a bmw pickup 8)
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:58 pm

Imagine an M van.lol.
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:01 pm

I wish BMW made vans. I'm making do with 176 bhp T5 VW transporters until they do!

Fingers crossed :)
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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:08 pm

Well its not a stupid question but let me say it like these, in some countrys where car tax is hig like Norway, Denmark, Finland etc you can get the X5 as a van. That means you can get it with out the rear seats like the LR Freelander SWB. But first of all, its all about money. They need to open a department who develop Vans and that is not cheap when you need to hire 3000 people and set up a new factory so we are talking billions of Euros for BMW to do that....

From the old days, some of these could you see in the Oslo traffic in the 80s as a van with out rear side windows.

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Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:24 pm

same in ireland loads of x5 vans cause of realy low tax and vrt
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Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:02 pm

they closed that loophole in the UK - there was a mad dash for double cab pickups being registered as vans but now they count as cars again.
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Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:00 pm

im a van :)
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Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:52 pm

What, a clio van? :?
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Post Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:33 pm

better than an astra van with seats in the back :giggle:
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Post Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:13 am

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:Nice bbs Rims!!!
ho,ho,ho,made me laugh
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Post Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:01 am

irish320i wrote:same in ireland loads of x5 vans cause of realy low tax and vrt
A mate has one, loves it to bits.

I can remember a few years back a dealer was asked why didn't they do a commercial version of the X5 and the reply was: We dont want to go down that road.

The most appalling example of this so far i've seen was a Cayenne commercial. That must make 911 owners cringe...
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Post Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:01 pm

Look at this, it's a VW! :mad:

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Post Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:39 pm

a factory built e30 m3 pick up, designed for the US market but never made production

http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/mday98/mday000.jpg

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Post Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:50 pm

that thing is too cool. they so should of put that into production. but u suppose it would of had a very narrow market.
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Post Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:08 pm

I want that, truck :D its sooooo :cool:
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Post Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:30 pm

old_skool_2002 wrote:I wish BMW made vans. I'm making do with 176 bhp T5 VW transporters until they do!

Fingers crossed :)
O/T but 176bhp! :eek: that is alot in a high van! i've only got the baby T28 100bhp one :cry: and you soon know your high up when you get going quick in across wind! :D
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