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Originally Posted by m630
Thats the problem right there. They should not be designing them together, they are two completely different models. And for cost cutting we get two ugly models instead of just one on whats bmws most recognized m car.
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If they are designing two separate cars that means double the development cost. Looking at the extremely difficult market right now that will not happen. (Actually, the exact opposite is happening - models are cancelled: 1 series 3-door, 2 series cabriolet, 2 series gran tourer, 3 series GT, 4 series gran coupe (replaced by i4), 7 series swb, 8 series coupe + cabriolet, z4). The best compromise for the current oversupplied automotive sector (and I'm not saying that's the best scenario overall - of course two separate models would be better) is for two cars to share as much as possible.
Alternatively it would be either the M3 or the M4 and the other model wouldn't exist. I think that is worse than a shared front end.