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Originally Posted by ScottAndrew
Presumably the way it drives isn't important? If not, you're onto something - BMW has no reason to make a competitor, because competition is pointless right?
Of all the rubbish posted on this forum, the assertion that there is no point making a high-output 4WD because Audi and Mercedes are already doing it and thus there is no need, is the most puzzlingly rubbish of all. If that was the prevailing logic y'all would still be banging rocks.
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I don’t think that’s the argument - rather, Audi and Mercedes have been doing it a lot longer and are (presumably) better at FWD or AWD applications.
BMW themselves used to crow about the advantages of a RWD driven vehicle, and one could argue that RWD was the brand’s most identifying characteristic for the vast majority of the company’s history. It’s obviously not the direction many would like to see the company going, with the progression of FWD 1ers and 2ers, and no RWD option for the 2er GC.
AKA, they’re not doing anything revolutionary here. They’re just trying to copy what others have done for a slice of market share. Is that really a competitor?