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04-04-2012, 09:26 PM | #25 |
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The Chinese letters are standard on most Chinese-made Western model cars.
The letters stand for "Brilliance BMW" indicating this car was made in northeastern China by Chinese people, instead of Germans. The cars with this tag are usually much cheaper than European imported cars. You will also see cars in China with the letters on the back that say "Shanghai Volkswagen" or "Guangdong Honda", meaning those cars are Chinese made. |
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04-04-2012, 09:27 PM | #26 |
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China is a huge market with big different from town to town and not every one prefer LI........Luckly the imported standard ones are still available.
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04-04-2012, 09:29 PM | #27 | |
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There is no hierarchy with regard to cars in China. This is because pretty much everyone who drives a BMW owns their own business. You will probably not know any employees that can afford a 500k RMB car on a salary of 50-100k RMB. If you are an employee forget owning a luxury car in China. Not even middle executives can afford this, but sometimes they get company owned cars. |
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04-04-2012, 10:22 PM | #28 |
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I find this funny to say the least, the car seems ok(sure it's nicer than most things on the road out there) but it is hardly the "class" we are used too.
What is most disturbing about the Chinese takeover of the automotive industry as jozeff so kindly pointed out is that there is absolutely no way for the Chinese to accommodate all of these new cars at the rate of their car registration. This is an absolute waste of resources, not to mention fuel. look at this traffic jam article... http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010...s-breaking-up/ just read this article from more than a year ago, pretty much talks about the same subject ... http://tubulocity.com/?p=3207 They should just stop selling them cars (ya right) that they can't use and expedite the public transit infrastructure. Sorry but you have way to many people China how can you drive when there is no space?!!?.... Must be why a 328LI is so necessary, no desire to sit in traffic at an avg of 15mph. |
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Some want the space of a 5 without the premiums of a 5. There's a cachet with the 5 series that you can't get from a 3 series, but if you don't care about the cachet and still want those dimensions, you get the 3LI. The same goes for the 7 series. Want 7 series dimensions but can't afford a 7 series? Get a 5LI. |
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Top Gear did piece on china recently it seems over there its the rear legroom that dictates how good / luxurious car you have, so "Li " type cars are all the rage if yours doesnt have extra rear legroom its not worth. IMO its a shame its China only. OK remove the stupid extra bits of chrome but as a father of two I struggle to get rear facing car seats behind my drivers chair as I'm 6'4" so the extra rear room would help.
While I could get a 5 series I find them too large and the rear legroom not much better. So this could be a solution. Ideally a Li Touring boy I must be getting old.
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04-05-2012, 07:10 AM | #36 |
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why so many negative, it does look not bad at all. It's 99% identical to the regular 3 series. just the tail is longer on the windows part. Does not hurt at all
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04-05-2012, 08:22 AM | #38 |
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Well, I don't think it looks that bad at all... though the colour used in the photos doesn't look great in this application though.
What I want to know, is does it have it's own F number?! |
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04-05-2012, 08:58 AM | #39 |
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I think the negativity comes from the narrow minded Americans who think there is no way the Chinese can make a quality BMW and that it will devalue the BMW in the US somehow.
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- If monthly, then annual salary is RMB 600k - 1.2 million, which would make it perfectly possible to afford a BMW (esp with kqian's revised price quote). [Hey, car prices in most places round the world are higher than in the US, and people afford them.] - If annual, I think RMB 50-100k p.a. is way too low for professionals and businessmen who would be the target audience for the 3 series. I'm currently looking to hire someone for my function/department, for my China office, and the CV's I've seen in the past few weeks have been RMB 20 - 40 k per month - that's RMB 240-480k p.a.
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