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      03-07-2012, 09:55 AM   #79
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@aajami

You really think there is no market for a X3M? Ha
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I think you are underestimating the market for a X3M.

The X5M/X6M should end production. The X3M/X4M would move many more units.
Maybe I'm mistaken about the potential size of the market, but I don't know of a single high-powered mid-sized ute. Certainly, the high-powered full-size ute category is ripe with competition from the likes of the X5M, ML63, GL63, and Cayenne Turbo, but where are the mid-size equivalents? I guess they'll soon be upon us with the X3 M35i and the QS5.

Because of its sportier profile, I totally get making a high-power version of the X4. The Macan will be right up the X4M's alley, as would any high-power version of the Evoque.
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