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      01-25-2022, 12:47 PM   #1
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Rumor: 6 series to make a return and replace 4 series by 2026

Link to the article: https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/indus...f-fedf317843b8


Find this interesting but not surprising given its been out of the lineup for a little while now.
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      01-25-2022, 02:14 PM   #2
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doesn't make sense...completely different price range and target market
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      01-25-2022, 02:23 PM   #3
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doesn't make sense...completely different price range and target market
There’s a few outlets reporting this now
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      01-25-2022, 02:31 PM   #4
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It makes sense for BMW to consolidate their lineup of coupes. Mercedes and Audi have basically done the same/are in the process of doing the same. I only really see the 2 series surviving due to the success of the M2
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All electric ? This will make my m4 worth more

The last of its kind
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      01-25-2022, 04:06 PM   #6
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Wait, are they implying a V8 can go into that new 6 series?

If so, then i know what i'm getting next after this M3C lease lol. Well, i might have to do one more lease before that time lol
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      01-25-2022, 04:27 PM   #7
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I wonder if 6 series will take the 4 series grandcoupe, while allowing the 4 series 2 door to remain. Possibly the 4 series 2 door will go back into the 3 series lineup? Kind of odd for BMW to make the M4 from the 4 series, while traditionally a two door M car of that size would be the M3, only to change it 10 years later.
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I like this consolidation. Its a small step towards going back to the original segmentation of models. There are way to many models now
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      01-25-2022, 10:29 PM   #9
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They can charge more for a 6 badge than a 4 badge. They can also put a V8 in emissions permitting. Would be interesting to force M buyers into the m5 and m6 price range. Might as well, people are paying big markup on the m3 now.
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They can charge more for a 6 badge than a 4 badge. They can also put a V8 in emissions permitting. Would be interesting to force M buyers into the m5 and m6 price range. Might as well, people are paying big markup on the m3 now.
I can see the M4 going away but there is absolutely no way the M3 will disappear. Along with the M5, it’s one of the classic M cars.

Should also note, that M3 customers are not M5/6/8 customers. Similar to Honda fanboys, the M3 as a car has a solid fanbase, of which I am a part of. I’m not an M customer, I’m an M3 customer.
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There is a large market for the M4 who could not or would not afford the M6. Rumors are rumors, but it all drives great publicity. Marketing A1. Drive publicity and analyse feedback over a period of time.
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      01-26-2022, 06:47 PM   #12
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There is a large market for the M4 who could not or would not afford the M6. Rumors are rumors, but it all drives great publicity. Marketing A1. Drive publicity and analyse feedback over a period of time.
The current M4 is the first to cross the $100,000 MSRP with just regular factory options, no Individual or dealer ADM. So the M4 already is in the old M6 price bracket.

This rumor makes a lot of money sense to BMW.
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