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      10-25-2017, 03:10 PM   #109
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Originally Posted by Germanauto View Post
As for what it's purpose is in the market given the existence of the X1, I have no clue.
The entire product line could stand a fair bit of rationalization. It gets complicated looking across geos but take the U.S. for example - you could probably cut almost half the cars and no one would care. Forget rationalizing engine choices just the cars themselves. Need a 6GT and X6? 4GC really do much that the 3 doesn't? The even numbers are probably the easiest. Keep the 2 coupe, 4 convertible (and return to soft top) and keep the 6 GC. Keep 3 / 5 / 7 sedans. Then keep all the X stuff. Kill the wagon entirely.

I am not advocating this nor is it something that would make me personally happy, but they could get the number of offerings down quite a bit without a huge impact to top line.
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