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Originally Posted by R N M
You must be fairly young and never experienced the pre-///Marketing era of BMW.
In the 80s to 90s to 2000s - BMW was a very aspirational brand that was not on every street corner. ///M cars were even rarer. The cars were all amazing to drive even the most basic models had great steering and some of the best suspension tuning and obviously the engines.
I think BMW is still great but they are going downhill lately in DRIVING DYNAMICS, styling and quality. These cheap FWD cars are opposite of everything that BMW ever stood for! What's worse is the regular 3 and 5 series drive and sound like crap unless fitted with M sport suspensions, exhausts and other crap. A base 3 series has nothing special to it and that is very sad. If you drive a base 911, you still are amazed by the experience and that is why Porsche is still going in the right direction.
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Dude its year 2016 BMWs from 80,90 & early 2000 has no place in this world anymore, Other then being rare cars, But from an environmental perspective they are gone for. I Agree that BMW has done a lot of great cars in the past but now its 2016 and by the year 2030 if some of the rules that EU wants to push for goes thru then by 2030 no combustion engine cars are ever to be made again in the EU.
And by this logic BMW is changing their brand towards electric & hybrid cars, This is what annoys me the most about people who talks about how great BMW was back then, Yes that was back then different rules different era, You cant constantly live in the past and pretend nothing has changed and the enivorment is still the same and the emissions are not harmful for the planet.
BMW is doing what any smart brand has to do to survive they adapt and switch away research from old tech like combustion engines witch are still ineffective as a way of propelling our cars, Where a lot of energy is lost just out the exhaust for no good reason.
FWD small cars are better for fuel consumption and with smarter hybrid engines they do fit in perfectly for new type of rules that are being written in to the EU.
And if am not entirely wrong BMW is still offering great BMW M cars for those that want a more rare BMW focused on driving and fun rather then a transport from A to B, As for many of the million of people out their with cars they see the vehicle as a way of getting from A to B nothing more nothing less, And they couldn't care less what type of car it is, And that is the market BMW is trying to hit getting regular car buyers so they can keep developing the great M cars otherwise they are done for and we won't see any Ms at all in the future.
If people could start thinking like this on the forums that would be great and stop whining about "Oh god BMW has lost its way" yada this and yada that,
No BMW has not lost its way they are adapting to a new world with new regulations and demands so they can survive and still make those car that we love so much even if they have to put out a car on almost every market.
I personally would love to see BMW in the future and that's why this type of models doesn't bother me. I know they exist for a good reason.
Adapt or be gone forever.