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01-21-2020, 10:32 AM | #1 |
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Fortune Ranks BMW Among World's Most Admired Companies For 2020 - #2 Auto Company
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lol you never know. If fortune admires Lexus and Acura then this would make sense.
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That's what I thought lol. Makes sense though, fortune focuses on financial performance not automotive performance.
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#30th overall and #1 in the car industry.
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Why? Being on this list has nothing to do with how you feel about how they drive, it's about everything else. While BMW may not be a current favourite within the enthusiast crowd, they're highly popular with everyone else and I'm pretty sure that's how they're ranked according to Fortune.
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01-21-2020, 06:10 PM | #9 |
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This is bad news.
They will continue to digress to (more) soulless steering feel and (more) big (-er) grilles. Seems like there was idea floating around to go back to suede to reduce starting prices and charge for leather seat and steering to appeal to the masses with FWD bias as well as the luxury (not sport) minded. At least they changed their mind on Apple Carplay.. AMGs.. here I come.. oh nvm.. you do not make stick shifts.
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01-21-2020, 06:31 PM | #10 |
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BMW, like MB, Audi, VW and Porsche are building and selling what US buyers want; SUVs and SAVs.
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01-21-2020, 11:22 PM | #11 |
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And they will continue to build performance vehicles like the M3 CS for niche buyers like us. Because we want them , we drive brand awareness and loyalty , and then we buy their SUV's for normal duty for our family's.
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01-22-2020, 12:37 AM | #12 |
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All they had to do was put an ///M badge on like 22 models. Finally appealing to the masses of badge snobs who can't be bothered with owning a race car.
As a business owner, I get it. As an enthusiast, I hate it. As long as the bankers are impressed, I suppose. :shrug: Eventually brand loyalty will wear off. In 20 years from now BMW won't have true enthusiasts/fans anymore. Just customers driving German Camrys.
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More like owning a car with any semblance of road feel or effort required to turn the steering wheel. BMW's status-consumed customers are disgusted by that.
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When you value a car at six figures then have to discount it 20-30% AND lease it out, I wouldn't call that a success. The CS is about 30k more than the base but sells for nearly the same price on the used car market.
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If you paid low 90s like I did then you paid about 15 K over a F80 comp. If we are to believe the people that have actually tracked both cars the power and handling differences between a comp and the CS is significant. Plus you got over $15k worth of factory installed carbon and unique lightweight wheels . So I maintain it was not a bad value. I do not lease cars as I feel financially it does not make sense for me. I buy and keep my weekend cars for 5-10 years. With that said, my point was not the value of a CS but that halo specialty cars have a positive impact on selling the rest of the brand's models. |
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