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Originally Posted by mkoesel
Strong words.
TT RS, RS3, RS Q3, CLA45, A45, GLA45 - these are generally favorable products that on the whole recieve more commendation than condemnation. Surely there are decision makers inside BMW honest enough to acknowledge this. It's much easier to convince consumers not to buy from your competitors when you have a viable alternative to offer them.
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As opposed to AMG (who are like street walkers in comparison), M GmbH is very deeply rooted in tradition. It took them a whole generation to agree to start making X5M and X6M (and only because it was obvious they would become huge money makers in the Middle East and Russia). The higher power Ms like M5 and M6 have been asking for AWD for years now - F90 in 2018 will be the first one to get it. Of course, a FWD M is possible at some point too, but it will take the M people a long time to agree to do it, and the current platform is likely not good enough anyway. Maybe an "M performance" something will eventually come out, but I will be really surprised if a "proper M" car in FWD is produced before we get the next iteration of UKL (G40?).