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      01-04-2017, 10:50 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Bluewater328iT View Post
They offer it because Mercedes and Audi do it and get sales out of it. Lots of people buy SUVs because they like the looks, need or want the room, and sitting up high, and don't notice it is a lot heavier and clumsy and eats more gas. I always preferred small vans because they handled better and ate less gas than SUVs. I would have bought a BMW van if it was offered back in '98 when we bought our last van. I am a wagon guy now that my kids are grown and gone.
The thing is, people who buy BMW expect all the cars to be FR driven.. BMW got themselves up by advertising so! Given the chassis limitation, I doubt BMW gains much space by making it FF.
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