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Good points but I find it difficult to imagine a BMW portfolio without the sedans it already has today. The 3/5/7 are staples of the brand and will never go away. 2 GC just came out so it'll [unfortunately] stick around for at least a generation.
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Perhaps. That still leaves the other two Gran Coupes, and if we look at the global portfolio, the small sedan/hatchback and the touring models. On the one hand, the many shared parts keep the incremental costs of maintaining all of these variants in check, but on the other hand, that's still a lot of excess fat as consumers continue to migrate toward SUVs.
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8-series is probably the weakest link but I see the coupe/cabriolet variants going on the chopping block before the Gran Coupe does.
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It's likely that the two-door 8 Series models will end for good on their scheduled dates in mid-2025 if they do not get put down sooner. This hasn't been confirmed, but at this point the writing on the wall seems pretty clear. What happens to the Gran Coupe after that is uncertain.