F3 GETS A GO; BMW Greenlights 3 Series-based Crossover.(News)

Byline: GREG KABLE It has taken more than three years of drawn-out internal discussions and a change of chairmanship in the process, but BMW's long-rumored 3 Series-based crossover/utility vehicle finally has been granted production approval. The versatile new BMW, expected to be badged F3 when it reaches showrooms, has been under consideration since 2004, according to internal documentation recently shared with AutoWeek.

But with the German carmaker's engineering resources already stretched to the limit readying a flood of new models in the interim, it wasn't until BMW's new ...

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