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      03-07-2017, 05:45 PM   #23
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Gorgeous touring BMW have just got tourings so well proportioned and purposeful without resorting to ott styling gimmicky features just clean lines and good presence. They just need to put a proper M badge on this 5er and on the next gen 3er then they really will have it well and truly sorted with the tourings.
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Bring it to the US or stop posing
The world is bigger than the United States....
Wow! Didn't think I'd hear that on here.. after all, you are the super-nation
I am still perplexed why you don't get the same models in the US as we do in the EU though...:
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Bring it to the US or stop posing
The world is bigger than the United States....
Wow! Didn't think I'd hear that on here.. after all, you are the super-nation
I am still perplexed why you don't get the same models in the US as we do in the EU though...:
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I want!! I really wish it came to the US.
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The world is bigger than the United States....
Wow you must have aced geography!

Is it really a world debut when It doesn't actually go to part of the world?

that's as self serving as the NBA or NFL pronouncing a WORLD champion... when they have leagues on a single continent.
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I was cross shopping the Volvo V90 and the Mercedes E400 wagon the other day, what do you have to offer in order to keep me with the BMW brand?
BMW is getting their lunch eaten by Mercedes in North America. No exciting new products, all redesigns have the same interiors as their predecessors and are stale to drive. Ever since the E89 Z4 was released in 2009 BMW has been going downhill. If BMWs drove like they used to you wouldn't even be entering a Volvo or Merc dealership.
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yep.. yet another awesome vehicle that bmw wont send to us...
It doesn't sell in the US because an overwhelming number of people who can afford this vehicle prefer a SUV/SAV instead. GM figured this out over 15 yrs ago and so did BMW.
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Wow you must have aced geography!

Is it really a world debut when It doesn't actually go to part of the world?

that's as self serving as the NBA or NFL pronouncing a WORLD champion... when they have leagues on a single continent.
Considering there are other members in this forums from around the world and the Geneva Auto show is internationally recognized then yes, this a world debut.

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It doesn't sell in the US because an overwhelming number of people who can afford this vehicle prefer a SUV/SAV instead. GM figured this out over 15 yrs ago and so did BMW.
Sadly the prices on the wagons vs SUV/SAV is pretty bad. When I saw this week looking 3-series wagon in Laguna seca blue have a $70k price tag on it and its only in turbo 4 engine I choked. Could very well get a X5 for 60k lightly used and have at least a straight 6. BMW kinda shot themselves too and just helped the broken bigger is better mentality the US has.

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Wow! Didn't think I'd hear that on here.. after all, you are the super-nation
I am still perplexed why you don't get the same models in the US as we do in the EU though...
More crap US regulations. It is really weird because I think the engines and everything are like 95% the same as sedan version and yet it'll be illegal to import it over. I REALLY would've gotten a 340i Wagon if it sold here. And believe me this 'super-nation' does some pretty stupid shit. All. The. Time.
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Nice looking wagon. Too bad we get the GT instead. Is there a new 5 series GT for the USA?
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I was cross shopping the Volvo V90 and the Mercedes E400 wagon the other day, what do you have to offer in order to keep me with the BMW brand?
Drive them all, it's an easy pick for the new 5.
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Awesome wagon! Too bad we wont have it here :
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I want!! I really wish it came to the US.
I know right?



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The world is bigger than the United States....
Wow you must have aced geography!

Is it really a world debut when It doesn't actually go to part of the world?

that's as self serving as the NBA or NFL pronouncing a WORLD champion... when they have leagues on a single continent.
What you mean like the World Series your rounders (sorry baseball) game has which is only played in the US but you call it the World Series for a really odd reason.
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Really not into wagons, but that looks great!
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The world is bigger than the United States....
Meanwhile also a part of it. But I am sure BMW did their homework. They don't want to decrease sales on certain X models
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Bring it to the US or stop posing
Totally agree. US drivers are the losers again.....
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I want!! I really wish it came to the US.
I know right?



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The world is bigger than the United States....
Wow you must have aced geography!

Is it really a world debut when It doesn't actually go to part of the world?

that's as self serving as the NBA or NFL pronouncing a WORLD champion... when they have leagues on a single continent.
What you mean like the World Series your rounders (sorry baseball) game has which is only played in the US but you call it the World Series for a really odd reason.
Never understood the World Series concept. Why in the world would you call something a World Series when the world cannot participate.....
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I was cross shopping the Volvo V90 and the Mercedes E400 wagon the other day, what do you have to offer in order to keep me with the BMW brand?
Drive them all, it's an easy pick for the new 5.
Well I can't have a 5 touring in Canada so I guess that it will end up to be an easy pick for the Volvo.
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