BMW CLAR platform

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BMW CLAR platform
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Manufacturer BMW
Production2015–present
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Related BMW UKL platform
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The Cluster Architecture (CLAR) platform is a car platform developed by BMW.

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It is a modular platform that incorporates steel, aluminium, and optional carbon fibre. [1] It is available with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive setups and debuted in the G11 7 Series in 2015. [2] It is designed to accommodate a pure ICE drivetrain, has an optional 48-volt electrical system in a mild-hybrid configuration, but also supports plug-in hybrid and battery electric drivetrains. [3]

It was initially called 35up but was later renamed to CLAR. [4] It covers D-segment cars, E-segment cars, F-segment cars, sports cars, SUVs. Smaller BMW cars in the B-segment and C-segment, compact MPV and smaller SUV use the front-wheel drive-based BMW UKL platform instead.

Vehicles

CLAR (LG)

Source: [5]

CLAR (LK)

Source: [11]

CLAR II (CLAR-WE)

Source: [22]

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