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BMW has no plans for a transverse B58 or other I6 engine.
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I read the motor trend article the other day, and when I saw the part saying that it's not a hatch, my heart sunk. I guess I'll end up with a used F36 4GC someday instead of one of these when my E90 finally falls apart.
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Look, in this segment, what did the other Germans do? Yes, they opted for "smartness", aka space/cost and not the 3% of entusiast who'd prefeer a RWD. We can hate it as much as we want, but BMW choose not to be uniqe within this segment, looking at the numbers, who can blame them? And for f*** sake, do not - ever, compare this to the goat 3 series, E46! It's a entry level sedan from BMW, that's it.
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What do you mean that our market isn't ready for it? I see probably twenty to thirty CLAs and A3s for every 1er or 2er. These things will be everywhere.
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The other factor here is that BMW will have a comfortable margin on the 2 Series Gran Coupe while VW will be treading on thin ice (ha! - no pun intended) with the ID.3. The fact of the matter is that weening yourself off the ICE means accepting significantly lower margins for an interim period (for what is essentially an unknown length of time), and everyone is trying to hold out as long they can, waiting for their competitor to take that step first. If you'v ever watched an indoor bike race, it's something like the strategy they use at the start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(track_cycling) Quote:
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Oh, my mistake. I thought you were saying that the savvy American consumer wasn't ready for a fwd BMW.
But I don't mind the i3 and like the driving dynamics and can even handle the style. But it needs two to three times the range. The MiniE will fail for the same reason and it's not even out yet. |
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There is no reason i3 doesn't have a 200 mile battery. BMW is so far behind in the EV segment it's absolutely ridiculous.
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But you can add a motorcycle engine that our government won't let you control that still leaves the range well behind the competition.
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Now that's funny. I'd never own an i3 REx.
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