
With Jaguar, Volkswagen, and Audi all working on rivals to the banana-shaped Mercedes-Benz CLS, did you think BMW would stand on the sidelines? Of course not. Indeed, BMW is readying a stretched version of the next 6-series, which would feature four doors and four seats under a coupelike roof.To its credit, the BMW team is taking a somewhat different approach from Mercedes-Benz. The car, codenamed LC5, will do without B-pillars. Instead, the structural...