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      01-06-2020, 08:23 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by joshuastein55 View Post
Got to remember, a lot of the points made about BMW trailing Mercedes in the CNBC video was also regarding worldwide/global sales. While they have the crown back in the U.S., globally, they are still behind Mercedes who has been increasing the gap for quite some time now.
BMW has grown in markets where they needed to (China, where Audi's have had, and still do, a good chunk of market share) but RoW, BMW just doesn't have that recognition that Mercedes does. I don't think that ever changes so in markets where BMW matters, taking the U.S. sales crown is huge.
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