Another great blow to the motoring industry has been delt this week, with the news of the British International Motor Show 2010 been cancelled due to the economic downturn that everyone seems to be facing at the moment. This is a bold yet clever move by the organisers, as already this week some big names have pulled out of Tokyo’s motor show,Mercedes -Benz,VW and BMW will all have a very small presence at the show according to the organizers. Notice there all German car manufacturers so i wonder if no new major models are planned for release. The only major new release that we can see from the big 3, is a BMW X1 4×4 which in looks takes most of them from the BMW 1 Series and attempts to make it a cheaper 4×4, don’t expect it to be great off road as the last X3 that BMW wasn’t that great off road and is more a grass and gravel style 4×4.
But if the economic downturn gets any worse for car manufacturers will they release the X1.