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      04-07-2009, 06:54 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by 135Eye View Post
That is completly untrue. They did not take any money away from development of their road cars. Please present your figures. If you only knew the development cost to the F10 5-series your eyes would pop out.
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Originally Posted by in5ane_3 View Post
I don't know where you're getting the figures from that the financing for their previous M division was cut for the development of the M trucks.

BMW is far from becoming like GM, they do not have multiple car companies with the same cars re badged at different price tags.

I'm just curious to see where you heard, or know, that they have cut spending on their road cars and instead decided to concentrate on their trucks. What they're doing is healthy and needed. Mercedes has their AMG line of SUV's as well as Porsche has it's performance oriented Cayenne.

Oh, I dunno, the cancellation of the CS and a new Z4M come to the top of my mind.... It is also rumored they are dumping specific engines for M cars.....we are just going to get tuned regular BMW engines....

Projects that made the cut.... X5M, X6M and the 5 Series PAV.
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