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Originally Posted by Stephen5242
You make it sound like BMW is cheating on you! Did you really think you had an exclusive relationship? Is your personal image affected by BMW's?
How does them targeting other markets affect any of us? They make a lot and sell a lot of SAVs now, but still have some very exciting cars for others. And they are not the only manufacturer that does, lots of choices out there.
People getting upset because they made 150 KITH branded cars is by far the silliest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Be thankful if that's the only thing you have to be bummed out about in life! Many have some real serious issues to worry about.
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100% agree. How many damn SAVs does BMW make? X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6 and the list goes on, let alone all the M versions of these vehicles they make, totally watering down the specialness of the M badge. And this doesn't dissuade anyone from buying an M3 or an M8.
BMW wants a few more of their cars to show up in some hip-hop or pop videos, and as a business, they'd be silly not to go after this growing market...because videos drive purchase decisions, just like thin women walking down catwalks wearing crazy outfits drives women's purchasing decisions (no matter how ugly and audacious the clothes look).
BMW's a business, and they're going after every slice of the market they can get, because their Stakeholders demand it (mo' money, mo' money, mo' money! - Capitalism at its finest). They can't afford to do purity tests simply to please the BMW traditionalists.