With all the excitement surrounding the recent information regarding future E90 releases, I thought I would provide a complete list of what I know so far regarding the future of BMW. As time passes, I will be doing my best to check and re-check my sources for additional support of any and all claims. None of this is "official"... it's simply the best inside information that I am able to gather at this given time.

E90 sedan: MY07 (Sept. '06 production) 328i and 335i
The 3 series wagon will go to the East coast first... as it already is... we should see it early 2006.
E92 coupe should start production in June 2006 as a 325Ci and 330Ci (current 215/255hp) and then... after 2 months of production... will be bumped to the 328Ci and 335Ci along side the sedan starting with Sept '06 production. The convertible should be a soft top starting production with the coupe... or following 6-9 months later at the latest.

V8 powered M3 should start production early 2007 as an early MY08.

4 series (baby 6 series)... coupe and convertible only (folding hard top)... 435Ci/435Cic likely to be a MY08 followed closely by an M4 soon after. 4 series convertible spy pic seen below... and yes, I know this has been referred to as the coming 3 series... but I do believe that to be wrong.



5 series will follow suit with the E90... 528i/535i in MY07

As I said earlier... the 760i will be replaced by the 500+hp Alpina B7... that will be a monster!

Face lifted Z4 to start production in Feb 2006 as a 3.0i/3.0si... and then later as an M roadster in June 2006 when the Z4 coupe (non M) starts production as well. I'm unsure, at this point, how the 3 series changes will effect the Z series. Expect the 6 cylinder M roadster to be a very short run. We think that the car was built for the V8 to begin with and expect to see a V8 (from the coming M3/M4) in future M roadster and M coupe.

X3 will follow the MY07 X5's lead with the new 255hp engine from the current E90 330i. We will also get the 3.0d in the X3 as well as the X5.
X5 will start production late '06 early '07... as well as having the 255hp 3.0L... the internationally famous diesel will finally be available. Also expect to see the 360hp V8 in the upper end X5... what we will see in place of the current 4.8is... still working on that one. I do believe it in genuinely feasible that we will finally see an M version of the X5,because the new 7 Speed SMG is so good... so much smoother... it has become more plausible. Besides, we need a valid competitor to the Turbo Cayenne and the AMG version of the ML.

1 series... should be MY08

V3 and V5... also likely to be MY08, but could be a little later.

We will also see the Z10... finally... a super car. And it should be a bargain at that. My guess... around MY08 or MY09 as well.

Please remember that even though I'm quite serious about this information... I'm posting it mostly for fun. I wouldn't consider any of it to be the "official word" from BMW until the appropriate people with that authority make those types of announcements make them. Especially since we all know BMW seems able to change direction on a dime. My sources are generally very good... and I enjoy the speculation.