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      03-25-2020, 08:45 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by SteveinArizona View Post
Around here also. I also share your prediction. I suspect that most buyers of the 2 series gran coupe won't even realize that they are buying a front wheel drive car, not a rear wheel drive car and one that has no relationship to the RWD 2 Series models.
When the OG 1 hatch came out in the EU BMW did some survey and something like 80% of people thought it was FWD.

So yeah you're right. Only petrol heads care about RWD. We are a smaller and smaller market segment as general car buying public cares about safety, comfort, space, and being trendy.
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