10-28-2010, 07:27 AM | #23 |
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With doing over 2200+ units a year at our dealership, we have probably sold maybe 10 GT's...
The ones we had on the lot are so old and becoming landmarks, they are now part of our loaner fleet...
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10-28-2010, 08:38 AM | #24 |
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The last rendering looks like someone smashed the roofline down...not a fan of that at all...
The red one looks ok, so hopefully it will be closer to that...
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10-28-2010, 08:55 AM | #25 |
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I guess that's probably why I saw a lightly used 550i GT at my local dealer for something like $22,000 off of the original new price including taxes, etc.
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10-28-2010, 09:38 AM | #26 |
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^^^^^ As much as I hate to admit it, you might be right! ^^^^^
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10-28-2010, 10:48 AM | #27 |
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The 5er GT is not "exclusively" for the US market, neither is every BMW model, BMW's are meant to have universal appeal they are not exclusively market orientated.
5er GT in under a year on the North American market has outsold the same amount of 5er Touring models combined within a two year period. Of the two years of sales with the 5er Touring , BMW has sold more GT's in just under a year. Total worldwide units sold of 5er Gran Turismo stand at over 20,000, that is in under a year and for a low volume car , that is significant. The car is popular in Europe and surprisingly there is a demand for the car in China. BMW count the introduction of the 5er Gran Turismo as successful, because it has opened up the market to customers who never considered a BMW before with the combination of a high end passenger orientated cabin this side of a Rolls-Royce and elavated driving position being huge drawing cards for the 5er Gran Turismo's appeal. Female owners apparently reckon the car has enough flexibility and also find the car has the perfect driving position. BMW 3er Gran Turismo will fullfill the characteristics known within the 3er but will do so in a much sleeker , dynamic looking package. |
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10-29-2010, 05:00 AM | #33 |
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ugliest concept alive//..
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10-29-2010, 09:47 AM | #35 |
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The red one looked pretty good. The others sucked.
That said, I have to agree with those that said BMW is starting to jump the shark.
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10-31-2010, 06:21 PM | #38 |
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On a drive today, my wife comments (who is an artist) on cars.
2011 BMW 5 GT, the rear of that car is just not in proportion with the rest of the car. 2010 Honda CrossTour, this car is not much better than the BMW but it IS a Honda. 2011 Porsche Americana, out of the three this is the best, but you are not going to buy one are you? Last comment........... these are new designs maybe they have to grow on me. |
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TO BE HONEST MOST OF THE HONDA MODELS USUALLY LOOK PRETTY GOOD BUT THAT CROSSTOUR COULD POSSIBLY BE THE UGLIEST CAR EVER!!!! ...LOL |
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11-01-2010, 03:47 PM | #42 |
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Bring the wagons over. No more of these "slightly higher, maybe roomier, certainly uglier as a result" BMWs. The 5GT is horrendous. And no more of this "BMW doesn't sell enough wagons in the USA" stuff. Have they ever considered marketing the touring variants? At all. Seriously, one ad? Sports suspension, going around a track, a winding mountain road and then unloading a ton of stuff from the back. Simple. The 5GT was meant for Europe, and if they like it in China, they can ship the rest there.
If BMW is into appealing to niche markets, then bring on the GTs, as long as they come over with the Touring variants. Then I won't complain, I'll just close my eyes when I see a GT.
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