BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe is a sharper, slightly compromised sedan

2015 BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe

GENEVA — BMW has proven that it will explore just about any niche that it can in order to deliver to its drivers that Goldilocks car configuration, but the newly unveiled BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe has me wondering if the automaker isn’t just messing with us.

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Recently, BMW split the BMW 3 Series line in two. Models with four or more doors kept the 3 Series badge and two-door models were redesignated the 4 Series. However, the new 2015 BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe that debuted at the Geneva auto show this week has four doors. It is a sedan variant of the 4 Series Coupe. But the 3 Series was already the sedan variant of the Coupe, right? Confused? Let’s take a closer look.

BMW adds a sedan to its new line of coupes (pictures)

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