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Originally Posted by icpee
And sure, the design direction is controversial—but we saw the same backlash with the G80, the XM, and even the G90 M5. Yet BMW’s sales keep climbing year over year.
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Not to start the whole G80 type debates again but sales say nothing about a car’s design. This is often repeated in these forums by those defending the G80, XM etc. (Not saying that’s you) A manufacture could design a clown car and with enough hype sell 10’s of thousands. Example Pontiac Aztec, which sold 119,000 before being discontinued. The idea that increasing sales justifies a design is total nonsense. Ferrari sold less than 14,000 cars last year, far less than every major car manufacturer out there, yet no car enthusiast would make the argument that lack of sales says their car designs are poor.
The G80, XM, i3, i4, iX are objectively ugly and uninspiring. Selling a ton of them doesn’t change that fact.