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Originally Posted by aajami
Here in Southern California, that ratio is flipped. I hardly see any xDrive BMWs, SUVs notwithstanding.
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The average BMW driver probably doesn't know which axle powers the car, and SoCal dealers spec them as RWD because it's cheaper that way. Audi sells plenty of AWD cars in SoCal; people there would not stop buying BMWs because they were xDrive. Well, a few might.
I'm not sure I'm crazy about the idea either - I'm on record that RWD BMWs are always way more fun than their AWD versions. But the only reason BMW would do that would be that they know it would cost them more to import the RWD variant than they would gain by selling it.
A 5 series having lost 200 pounds would be a great thing. My F10 is 400 pounds heavier than my E60 was, and it feels like more than that.