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Originally Posted by zuschnell
That is freaking awesome. He was one rpg away from a very different story. The term brave doesn't even begin to quantify the size of his balls. He is a true hero.
I'm sure BMW wanted to use this guy and his car for marketing purposes, but that doesn't mean they didn't care about his heroism. There are plenty of companies that are war profiteers, eg Halliburton. I don't think BMW can generally be considered one of them.
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Exactly. I am very familiar with that region. I can assure you 95% of the Middle Eastern population can NOT afford a BMW. an E36 with 200k miles on it sells for 10-15 thousand dollars. E46's are selling for nearly 30k (NON-M's).
The average household income in that region is 100 dollars a month.
The story is not receiving enough exposure in North America for it to be a marketing attempt. It would be cheaper for BMW to show a few commercials in North America that would reach the masses more than this would.