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Originally Posted by galahad05
My take:
To an extent "BMW has lost its way" is sort of true, when you look at it on the surface. They definitely are going mainstream with all the benefits that implies--big money on the bottom line.
But more to the point, BMW is doing what every other car manufacturer is doing over time--the cars of a particular model gets bigger, heavier, and more...."touring" like.
Then, when the original model has gotten big/expensive/heavy enough, they introduce a smaller model which pretty much does the job of the guy that just moved up in weight/price class.
For BMW's U.S. market, enter the 1- and 2-series. They are what the 3-series used to be.
So no, I don't think they've lost their way--not completely. They have a cunning plan to both be mainstream AND enthusiast. Just different car model lines.
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what model line am i looking to have a plain inline six cylinders like a all 3 series E46/9X used to have? the answer is none and that's the reason why i chose to go the route of V8 engine. I don't think i'm going to buy another BMW F-model generation till an inline six or plain V8 comes back.