BMW's 428i Gran Coupe wraps sensibility in sexy package - Chron.com
Although a lot of their new stuff is pretty "grand" (as we'll get to momentarily), BMW 's most successful launch, by far, harkens to 1975. That's the year Bayerische Motoren Werke's tagline, "The Ultimate Driving Machine" debuted. As BMW and its fans have matured together, the challenge has been to retain the brand's signature driving dynamics - strong acceleration, steering that's direct and responsive, braking that's crisp, and a suspension that's calibrated to provide... The 4 Series Gran Coupe is BMW's statement that "sensible" and "sexy" aren't mutually exclusive. It takes the 4 Series Coupe - itself a wider, stretched evolution of the 3 Series - and adds two rear doors and a hatch. This is where BMW's 4 Series team and exterior designer Won Kyu Kang scored their packaging coup: You'd be hard-pressed to tell the long, low-slung Gran Coupe from its 4 Series Coupe sibling. While the two-door's and four-door's length, width, wheelbase and front/rear track specifications are identical. the Gran Coupe's trunk offers 17 cu. -ft. , which can be easily and efficiently loaded thanks to the powered rear hatch and flat floor. The two main flavors of BMW's four-door coupe - the 428i and 435i - are primarily. Source: www.chron.com
