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Originally Posted by 530iDriver
BMW has the FWD 1 series sedan in China, Mexico and other overseas markets.
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Correct, and that's the point of my post.
BMW has other models that they could be building or importing to the US but have chosen not to for various reasons.
1)- prior generation 1er 3dr hatchback and 5 dr models left in Europe.
2)- prior generation- no E8x 1 er sedan
3)- 1 series sedan made for China only
4) 2 series F87 - no sedan model
5) 2 series sedan in Mexico - A late response to robust market sales of CLA has caused BMW to try and catch up here... BMW is bringing over a single version... no hot rod models.. - still short shrift.
in other words... BMW has lost market share in the US (particularly to Mercedes) ... as they have transferred their focus to X models and large sedans and declined to bring any compact sedans or hatchbacks to the US market.