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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
BMW can't even replace the Z4 without joining up with Toyota, and you are asking for a supercar? The i3 and i8 took most of the engineering resources for the past several years. Based on sales of the i-series cars, BMW will probably not get that investment back.
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The BMWi investment not only covers development of the actual cars but all the services included. The best part of the investment and why it was originally cleared for green light. Is that the BMWi programme involves many partners and institutions to re cooperate costs by selling and sharing technologies not just across the Quandt industries and there associates but as an example CFRP is also being produced and sold for the nautical and aero industries.
The development of the Z5 allows BMW and Toyota to use a combined gene pool of resources without the huge cost that a regular manufacturer would have to use. The engineering of the joint project can not be compared to other sports cars in the same price level.