Rear-wheel drive BMW SUVs to carry sDrive suffix

BMW Concept X1

Rear-wheel drive versions of BMW’s SUVs like the BMW X1 will most likely carry the sDrive name instead of the current xDrive suffix. BMW has registered the trademark sDrive along with displacement indicators such as sDrive35, sDrive30, sDrive20 and sDrive18. Even the upcoming new generation BMW Z4 could carry this suffix since BMW seems to be using it for all its non-3 digit name models. Click the terms in this story to have a look at the trademark registrations at the US trademark office. The trademarks have been registered in the UK as well but at time of publishing the trademark search server seems to be down.

Look after the jump for shots of the BMW Concept X1.

PHOTO GALLERY: BMW Concept X1
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Comments

  • tHe CuLpRit (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 11:38 am

    sDrive…. Yokohama tyre.

    Ugly cars tend to grow on you (Panamera, 7-series etc etc….) but this one, has yet to do so….

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  • kei9 (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Aww.. it looks sad. :(

    i’m not gonna touch on the design part. I’ve said it already, & i think some as well.

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  • droll (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    oh man, the nose looks like a pig. what were they thinking?!

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  • ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG (Member) on Dec 03, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    RWD RULZ, this looks a lot better than that x3

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  • ingolstadt (Member) on Dec 04, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    At least the X1 looked better than the X3, which IMO are amongst the ranks as the ugliest vehicles in the world.

    sDrive BMWs? Gosh. BMW is synonymous with RWD perfection, why bother stressing it?

    The more BMW bashes FWD, the more it’ll contradict with Mini.

    WheelsWeekly

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  • ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG (Member) on Dec 05, 2008 at 11:56 am

    ingolstadt said,

    December 4, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

    At least the X1 looked better than the X3, which IMO are amongst the ranks as the ugliest vehicles in the world.

    sDrive BMWs? Gosh. BMW is synonymous with RWD perfection, why bother stressing it?

    The more BMW bashes FWD, the more it’ll contradict with Mini.

    WheelsWeekly
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    the x3 is ugly. malaysia should put orange coloured indicators like hong kong bmw instead of the clear indicators, makes it look a lot better

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