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Originally Posted by brianeck
Yeah this statement is basically the whole point. Crippling a car because of regulations that don't exist in this market, and then whining that we complain about when its still "pretty decent" despite its spaying/neutering. They can't have their cake and eat it to. US still leads the world in this segment of the luxury car market, we deserve a market specific product that is as good as it can be. The cars already have to be very different for crash standards and all that BS (so we're told, as it pertains to m3 wagons and importing European cars), so give our market segment a fully bespoke car without the euro BS since it has to be US spec anyway.
Its a lot of work and a lot of reward to service both markets. I really don't see any world where a 5000 pound car is less safe when traveling at high speeds than a 6000 pound car, for passengers and other humans alike. Crash barriers and guard rails are designed for cars, not trucks.
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People don't realize that many of these decisions are driven by either local BMW HQs or by dealers. In the case of the US, it's a combination of both. BMW goes to each market before a car is planned and asks what the projected volume is. So in the case of the M3 Touring, it was the U.S. dealers that didn't think there is a demand for it.