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Originally Posted by kyrix1st
BMW is prepared to lose a certain portion of global market share by putting this gigantic grill to the market because they think for every one they lose, they'll get one or more Chinese customers to buy it.
Might as well slap Made in China logo on it.  |
I don't disagree that this design skew is intended to placate the Asian market.
To that however I say, the US is far-and-away the biggest M (not M-lite) consumer. With the taxes, petrol prices, and societal concerns all across the globe; M cars just don't sell like blue-light special time in other markets.
Make your 4 series (haha, that's still so fucking ridiculous to me—the 4 has 2 doors, the 3 has 4 doors; wowza) and new FWD 2er the "futuristic" transition point if you're trying to tap this other market. Why bastardize a market that you've worked hard, and successfully at, to corner?
What to we say to death (the G80)? Not today.