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Originally Posted by Antares
10 years ago BMW stated, that Mercedes makes long cars and BMW makes shorter sporty vehicles.
Now just look at the 6 series Coupe; a fish formed design.
A sports car must be large and long only enough to fit the seats and the engine.
The same goes for the new 3 series; it got very long. The 3 series should be a car for the driver and one front passenger. The car should be made larger and not longer. The front shoulder room feels like in a VW Golf! (where is that luxury feeling of the 5 series on the front seats?)
The women like the comfort of the 7 series.
A friend of mine got the X6 for his wife; she was not satisfied; she said the car drives like a fat bibber, and that she must climb to get inside (quite impossible in a skirt.
So the husband had to part with his limo and he got the X6 (it was sold quite quickly).
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Well, BMW is definitely out to make money, it's not the automaker it was in 1995.
I'm not a fan of the direction of the new 3 series, either. There is no reason to make it a mini 6 series. And, it's not really a mini version either. I think the tentative dimensions were something like 2 inches shorter than the current 6 series. Ridiculous. The only saving grace is that the 2 series may end up being the correct size.
I've never really spent any time in a 5 series or a 7 series. I know that hte 7 series tends to be at the cusp of new technological and ergonomic developments but, as far as comfort goes, I thought the 5 series was just about a good as the 7. Maybe I'm wrong.
If my wife wore skirts often, I'd make damn sure I watched her climb into an X6 every day. haha.
More seriously, I understand where your friend's wife is coming from. I'm just not yet understanding why the 7 series is preferable.