80% of 1 Series Owners think their BMW is FWD
03-23-2010, 09:28 AM
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80% of 1 Series Owners think their BMW is FWD
Kinda puts the whole "BMW is going to make a fwd car" thing into focus.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/23/the-cra...bmw-1-series-o/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/23/the-cra...bmw-1-series-o/
No, this isn't a joke. Really. Automotive News reports that BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer shared this statistic during a call with analysts last week. It is unclear where this information came from within BMW, but it still comes as a staggering surprise that 80 (eighty!) percent of 1 Series owners believe that they are living with front-wheel drive.
As we reported earlier, BMW is planning to bring front-wheel-drive vehicles to market in the near future, and the automaker is worried that it might confuse customers by adding these new products to the rear-drive-only lineup.
Guess not.
As we reported earlier, BMW is planning to bring front-wheel-drive vehicles to market in the near future, and the automaker is worried that it might confuse customers by adding these new products to the rear-drive-only lineup.
Guess not.
03-23-2010, 09:55 AM
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My God people are stupid.
03-23-2010, 10:17 AM
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I bet that number is similar for all sorts of RWD cars.
Aside from sports cars people buy RWD Euro cars for the badge and comfort-luxury level. They don't care at all about performance. And there's nothing wrong with that.
People like the members of this forum are a very small % of the luxury car market.
Aside from sports cars people buy RWD Euro cars for the badge and comfort-luxury level. They don't care at all about performance. And there's nothing wrong with that.
People like the members of this forum are a very small % of the luxury car market.
