BMW reveals 46-strong dealer network for its new i range of cars
BMW has announced a 46-strong sales network for its ‘i’ sub-brand range.
The network will be up and running from launch later this year. Initially two BMW i cars have been confirmed for production, the i3 city car and the plug-in hybrid i8 sports car.
The i3 is available to order from July — with a rumoured price tag of £35,000— before arriving in showrooms around October.
The i3 will feature an all-aluminium chassis combined with a passenger cell made entirely from lightweight carbonfibre reinforced plastic. It will be made available in either fully electric or range-extended form.
Meanwhile, the i8 isn’t expected to make an appearance until 2014.
According to BMW, more than 6000 potential customers have already registered their interest in the i brand.
The dealers selected are:
Bavarian
Lloyd Newcastle
Berry Chiswick
North Oxford Garage
Benham Wolverhampton
Ocean Plymouth
BMW Park Lane
Rybrook Warwick
Bowker Preston
Sandal Huddersfield
Broad Oak Canterbury
Scotthall Milton Keynes
Chandlers Brighton
Soper of Lincoln
Cooper Croydon
Specialist Cars Stevenage
Cooper Norwich
Stephen James Enfield
Cooper Reading
Stratstone Derby
Cooper Teesside
Stratstone Leeds
Cooper Tunbridge Wells
Sycamore Peterborough
Cotswold Gloucester
Sytner Birmingham
Dick Lovett Bristol
Sytner Cardiff
Eastern Motor Company
Sytner Harold Wood
Elms Cambridge
Sytner High Wycombe
Fairfield
Sytner Leicester
Halliwell Jones Warrington
Sytner Sheffield
Harry Fairbairn Glasgow
Vines of Guildford
Jacksons Jersey
Westerly Exeter
John Clark Aberdeen
Williams Liverpool
Knights North Staffs
Williams Manchester
Lloyd Carlisle
Wood of Bournemouth