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Automotive News Europe,  October, 2005  

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The top stories from Automotive News Europe's September 25, 2000, issue - and how they developed.

Two compete for BMW X3

BMW will build a new small sport-utility vehicle either at Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik in Graz, Austria, or at Karmann in Osnabruck, Germany, BMW sources say. Preparations for the vehicle, which may be called the X3, are well-advanced. The SUV should be ready for production by 2002. Sources say BMW could build as many as 80,000 units of the new SUV annually.

* Production at Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik, which is now called Magna Steyr, started in 2003. BMW originally ...

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