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      09-27-2013, 12:52 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by loesch View Post
what the hell is fwd good for except lame driving characteristics?
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Originally Posted by SCOTT26 View Post
The "global" market is expanding and there is great demand for compact premium cars. In that segment there is a requirement for extra space and flexibility and for BMW to grow in that segment then their COMPACT cars have to grow in terms of packaging and the solution to increase interior space is by adopting FWD.
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I fully expect AWD to be an option and to sell very well, I would guess the majority of 1/2 series sales will be AWD (just like Audi A3/A4). Lots of people won't care that the base is FWD because they would get AWD either way...
makes no sense. Turning a nose-heavy FWD car into AWD (as with the Audis) doesn't make it magically handle any better, it just makes it heavier.
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