According to Autocar, BMW is working on a sporty version of the X3, which will be called the X4. Apparently, the Bavarian car maker wants to repeat the X6 recipe with the X4 (you take a popular SUV, create a sporty version of it and then let money come to you). Scheduled to go on sale in 2014, the X4 will be a four-seater (just like the X6) and BMW even consider an M version of the model.

It looks like the X4 idea isn’t new, BMW designers proposing a sporty X3 back in 2003, but due to capacity concerns at the company’s factory in Magna, Austria the project was postponed. Now, with recent investments at the Spartanburg plant in the US which will extend production from 160,000 to 240,000 units per year, it looks like the X4′s chances of ever seeing daylight are pretty high.

According to Autocar, when asked about the X4, a “high-ranking BMW official” told "With the move into North America, we're able to take advantage of greater production flexibility,", which is a pretty affirmative answer.

[Source: Autocar]

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Sporty BMW X4 based on the X3 in the works?

Ok, the title is a little exaggerated, but not that far from the truth. According to KWGN, the parking lot at the Denver International Airport is filled with rabbits who love to chew on cars’ wiring, which use a soy-based compound that rabbits find very tasty. The most recent case was Dexter Meyer’s who, after a nine day trip, came back home and couldn’t start his brand new VW Jetta in the DIA parking.

Apparently, the problem isn’t new, because five years ago FOX31 reported several similar cases with travelers not being able to start their cars after rabbits chewed on the wiring. Oh, and by the way, the rabbits are also pretty choosy, because this happens only to 2002 and newer models.

This makes you wonder…what the heck is going on with animals and cars recently? I mean, a few days ago turkeys attacked a Porsche, now rabbits are chewing on cars…is the world coming to an end?

Check out the news report video after the jump.

[Source: KWGN / Via All Car Advice]

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Rabbits “devouring” cars at the Denver airport