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Originally Posted by bobloblaw
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Originally Posted by M-Pilot
BMW offered 5 series GT and 6 series GT in the US market and I don't remember them being top sellers at all.
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Problem is the GTs far outsold the wagons in the US. I remember Scott26 saying that the 7 year old X3 and X1s were outselling the F31 by a lot, and the "maligned" 3GT outsold it as well. He said the X2 is a replacement for the 3er wagon and I'm sure that is outselling the wagon by leaps and bounds. I think the disparity was even greater between the 5GT and the E61 when it was sold in the US. So in the US, it's not just wagon vs GT, it's wagon vs whatever SUV BMW spits out to be a wagon replacement. I think BMW is done selling GTs, and those outsold wagons... so not looking good for wagons in the states. |
It's possibly due to the 3 series wagon was only offered in the small engine/lower power output form stateside. The GT was offered in 335 form. The E39 touring was offered as a 540 back in the day, but no 545/550 touring was offered. I agree that a 335/340 touring would be great in addition to the M variant, opposed to only 328i/d or 330.