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This. Current BMW lineup makes almost no sense until you see them lined up with a spot the difference type check list next to them.
Remember "telling" a dealer down the phone he was wrong once, and maybe he shouldn't be in the business of cars if he didn't know difference between a hatch and a saloon.
Turned out I was wrong, Mk2 mazda 6 come in saloon and hatch, he had a hatch for sale that I was convinced was saloon only and therfore useless to me.
BrickMan-
This. Current BMW lineup makes almost no sense until you see them lined up with a spot the difference type check list next to them.
I actually think the lineup is pretty easy to understand - granted my sole client is a direct competitor to BMW so i have to understand it but still...
Aside from the 1 series 3 door, 4 gran coupe & 6 gran coupe, it's odd numbers have 5 doors and even numbers are the coupe (2 door) version.
In the premium sector, the growth has been 'outwards' (as in, into new segments) for some time now. There's saturation in the mid market / luxury saloon categories which are the traditional strong points of the German 3 (especially now Lexus, Jag, Infiniti etc are gaining ground) and so the only way to increase brand sales is to create new segments or push into ones that already have low competition. This will continue until those markets are saturated too. Especially if these manufacturers can create additional models by platform sharing existing ones (1 & 2 series, 3 & 4 series, etc etc) as the cost of tweaking the body / specs is much cheaper than missing out on a new segment.
Truly 'groundbreaking' models like the Evoque (4x4 coupe) create a goldrush so each brand can offer a competitor (x4 / x6 in BMWs case).
The next one (started by Bently) is the uber lux 4x4. The Q8, X7 etc are all in the pipeline as a competitor.
As long as there's a car for you, i don't see why they need to make sense to you. Buy the one that suits your lifestyle and get on with it.
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No offence but glad you got mugged off for telling a salesman they were wrong!
Soul
Crispin_Glover
I don't understand BMW. It's a 4 series with 4 doors?? Is this a GC? How is it any different to a 3 series??