Why didn't America ever get the 1 series?
Why didn't America ever get the 1 series?
Jack Wright
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Alexander Mitchell
>hatch
>not Fast Wheel Drive
for what purpose?
Adrian Cruz
Because hatches are the ultimate automotive symbol of cuckoldry. They try to combine the positives of a bunch of bodystyles but end up compromising on everything.
Henry Peterson
But we did, it just so happens to be the ugliest BMW series so they didn't sell well.
Adam Nguyen
Same reason we didn't get lots of the shitbox Mercs and other 4cyl German cars- they want to maintain their luxury image in the US.
They sold 320i's in Yurop when the 328i was the lowest model 3 Series you could get in the US.
The Sprinter vans were all Mercedes with a Dodge badge on it because they didn't want Murricans to see a Merc star on a work van.
Julian Reyes
>not fast wheel drive
imblign
Landon Nguyen
At least not as bad as all the 316i and 318i sold in Latin America.
Luke Ward
Yurop gets a 3-cylinder 318i nowadays
Austin Thompson
The worst facelift ever, fucking hideous.
Joshua Cox
This is the only correct answer. Lexus, Honda, and Nissan did the reverse for exactly the same reason - they wanted to create luxury brands more removed from their economy badges so they engineered some new ones. The Germans and English were so threatened by a credible threat that they keep making "It's a Toyota!" jokes about Lexus to mask their own discomfort.
Kevin Martinez
hatchbacks are for ricers and poorfags
Jacob Mitchell
but you can get the sprinter with a merc badge on it in america
Dominic Cooper
Vito (metris) also
Tyler Barnes
You sure about that?
Henry Ward
It's the Japanese Mercedes
Jack Bennett
>not Fast Wheel Drive
are you sure?
Isaiah Gray
That's a 2
Nicholas Ramirez
Called the 1-series Coupe back in the day
Aiden Hughes
Because we did?
>135i
Hunter Robinson
Idiot