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Originally Posted by NYCX3
But data on X3's being built in US is recent. I can be mistaken with my reasoning, and it could be that the quality of BMW's in general is just falling due to bad management... but it's definitely falling.
Hoover dam could have been built during depression, and that is normal... for in tough times, many overcome and prevail, ingenuity and innovation sprout out of hardships often. However, during the great depression, there was also many companies shut down, and many people lost everything... so you can point to a positive occurrence, but I cannot do this with BMW.
If hoover dam was built in the great depression, BMW is being destroyed in it.
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I've been around BMWs a long time. I'd never classify BMW as having and above average level of build quality (I'd say below). The American-built cars I've had were of just as good or better build quality as BMW regardless of country of assembly.
The problem for BMW now a days is most manufacturers have caught up to them in what BMW used to have a unique corner on in the marketplace, driving dynamics. And the competition offers better build quality at a lower price than BMW does. But for guys like me BMW has moved on to a different customer, which is okay, nothing ever stays the same or lasts forever - that's life.
My Sister has a 1st gen X3 and the build quality in not very good in her perspective related to the amount of money she paid for it. She loves the way it drives, but hates the repair bills, and this from a woman whose last two cars were a Chevrolet Blazer and a Ford Mustang. The heater core needed replacement (expensive) and the oil separator system wore out, and the left-side hood latch broke (left hood latch... that's shitty quality in my view).