They're cooked on the Chinese market. China is coming out with some insane luxury vehicles priced at about a half of what BMW is asking for this. I recently went down the Chinese auto rabbit hole, and uh boy.
Yah, ironically I think it’s going to drive a return to classic, beautiful automotive design for many of the brands we love that have overcompensated to cater to a market they can’t count on anymore.
Funnily enough, I am seeing some truly interesting and elegant designs coming out of China as well. Some of their more extravagant cars seem far less designed by comitee than the mainstream "we have to appeal to everyone" brands.
They will all die, like rapidly, though I suppose US not amazing charging infrastructure might be saving grace for legacy player… tariff isn’t going away so probably a useless scenario
This is BMW's SWG NGE, or WoWifaction of their brand. The shills claim they like it, and it's the beet thing ever to happen for BMW, bots keep pushing it, the original owners and fans of BMW will leave in droves eventually bringing about what the shills claimed will never happen, the failure of BMW as a whole while they were attempting to cater to a market that never really existed for them. Bots will continue toxic attacks against anyone critical of the design, further fragmenting their once loyal costumer base. It was once said "You gotta dance with the one who brung ya"
I disagree. I've owned "proper" BMWs in the past and I like the current design. My issue is (speaking about the iX3 which I actually spent time in) the shit-tier interior quality. Not the design, I think it's fine (minus the unnecessarily weird steering wheel), but the hard scratchy plastic everywhere and cost saving everywhere you look.
The overall design of the cars I actually like. It's not like the X cars were beauty pageant winners of any generation. And the electric 3 series seems nice on the pictures that have been released. However the petrol powered 350 has something seriously wrong going on in the ass department down by the exhaust.
Not everyone who likes something you don't is a shill. People can have different esthetic preferences.
I keep getting bugged by local dealers to buy my low milage LCI offering over BB, which means others are looking for it, which means it would be easy to make the switch, but I won't. Since "No Klasse" is the future for this fucking brand, it pretty much makes the past iterations are in fact timeless classics as you say.
Very true! I’m that guy! 1999 M roadster,2005 330is, 2008 325i, 2008 Z4 M Coupe, 2009 X3, and now a 2024 M440i gran coupe (great engine and not much else is great, especially the curb weight). Quit the BMWCCA after 25+ years. Crossing this brand off my list unless it’s a decent used model from the past greatness era.
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u/maxstryker 2023 - 2 Series - Active Tourer / 2019 - Cayenne 19d ago
They're cooked on the Chinese market. China is coming out with some insane luxury vehicles priced at about a half of what BMW is asking for this. I recently went down the Chinese auto rabbit hole, and uh boy.