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BMW Statement 1:
"The BMW M brand set a new U.S. sales record with 14,504 cars sold, an increase of 68 percent over 2014."
BMW Statement 2:
(Head M Division, van Meel, about 2015 sales) "In fact it was the company's most successful year in its 40-year history. Never before have so many M and M Performance automobiles been sold in one year."
What stands out to me in statement 2 is how van Meel defines success as combined sales of "pure M" cars and "impure M Performance" cars.
I wonder if a portion of those 14,505 cars which set a sales record are mere M Performance cars and not "pure" M cars?
Assuming for the sake argument that's true; and, you remove the M performance car component from the 14,504 number, would, then, the remaining number continue to justify the statement: 2015 "... In fact it was the company's most successful year in its 40-year history" ?
Just something to kick around while waiting for the playoffs to start.
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