Royalratch wrote:whiteM3 wrote:Royalratch wrote:Can't see the point of this model.
Mercedes pissed a lot of people off with it's insane and confusing model line-up.
How is this different to a 5-Series? All BMW's are sporty so you don't really have the problem of the 4 door cars being dull.
This way lies dilution of the brand.
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Where does this fit in? A 4 door 6? Why not get a an M5 then?
i'm guessing, and i know its a long shot, that BMW actually have done some research into this model and there is a gap in the market that this will fill. The 4 door GT type of thing, for those people who dont want to mix it with the lowly 520d or whatever it is they do in the current range.
although, im sure BMW will take on board your opinion rather than what their millions have shown and scrap the whole thing.
So I ask you what is the 6 for? And you must mean the same research that sold zillions of 8-Series' and Z8's. The lead times for research and development are very long. Consumer trends can swing wildly during these periods and can and HAVE left many companies with their pants down. The Cayenne could have sunk Posrche if the SUV bubble burst a bit sooner. They lucked out and raked in big.
This new BMW seems to be motivated less by a gaping whole in the market and more with keeping up with Merc etc. My point is that BMW owners needs appear to be different than Mercs.
What's your opinion? 'That BMW must have done sumfink right or else dey wouldn't have made it like, innit?'
Nobody was saying BMW should listen to me smart-arse, just that I
can question their decision. Have you seen the people that run these marketing focus groups? The kind of people they ask? Have you?
lol, were your fingers hurting after typing that?
the 6 is for people that only want two doors...
8 series was released at the same time as an oil crisis and cost, what, £80k?? not exactly gonna sell a lot were they?
same goes for the z8, its not going to be as 'popular' as a 3 series cos of the price tag and what it will be competing with for that price bracket.
my opinion is not 'That BMW must have done sumfink right or else dey wouldn't have made it like, innit?'
because i do not speak or type like that, but i guess you knew that really you just got upset.
Mercedes are BMWs biggest rival, thats right a rival, that means they compete with them. If merc have a certain car in a certain range then BMW have to match it, and so it goes the other way around.
I
can question you too.
way to go me.
I have not seen the people that run these marketing focus groups.
I have not seen the kind of people they ask.
I have not.
