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That's not a good goal for a 'luxury' brand. That means they have watered down the brand to the lowest common denominator to appeal to the vapid masses. CUVs, automatic transmissions and 4 cyl engines. No longer building 'the ultimate driving machine' for driving enthusiasts, but building a lot of vanilla lease appliances for generic consumers.

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The X5 outsold the 3-series last year (in the USA), the X5 starts at $60k and the M is over 100k. So it isn't like they are just selling cheap cars. The X3 was their top seller, but Lexus and Cadillac's top sellers are the SUV's of the same price also. 20% gain last year for X5, up 32% for X6, up 12% for X7, up 20% for 7-series, brand was up 20% overall. So their expensive stuff is gaining just as much as any of the low cost stuff. Worldwide BMW sold 163,542 M cars, up 13.4% for a record high. They didn't water anything down, they are just selling more, so the consumer must like what they are building.

^^^ Adolescent bear is a more accurate description than saying it was a baby bear. I just wanted to say (and type) baby bear. LOL. Rolls off the tongue better (and the words look better on screen). LOL Creme Brulee and/with Greek yogurt? It doesnt sound that appetizing... I wouldnt have the courage to try it. How come in Canada, we dont get those kinds of choices? I doubt that in Greece, or in any Middle Eastern country that multiple flavoured "Greek" yogurts exists either... What I find cool about that is in Greece, a small yogurt package comes with a little packet of honey on the side. And what I mean about multiple flavoured and the lack of choices is what you presented us with. Strawberry and blueberry and peach yogurt in Greek yogurt guise is available. What is not is cheesecake and creme brulee and roasted marshmellow and anything else that seems illogical to the non-American diet... LOL

And yet they were #1 in the USA last year and #1 in the world in sales. So people seem to like what they are building.

I think it was a teenage bear. It looks like it might have just recently parted ways with its mother and any siblings. Lucky for the Amazon delivery guy. He was so damn relaxed about the whole thing. - - - - - I had mentioned Greek yogurt before and how much I liked the flavor Toasted Marshmallow. I then tried one called Creme Brulee because I couldn't find Toasted Marshmallow. I didn't like it. (Their basic Strawberry and Strawberry Cheesecake are good.) With basic Greek yogurt being blander in taste, it's great to have the addition of some flavor so I'll eat it more readily. I like that it's good for the gut. So, I again found and stocked up on this Toasted Marshmallow flavor. So damn good.

Diesels have no future in passenger cars, though..it's pretty clear automakers are moving to BEV development full throttle...maybe 10 years ago there was an opportunity for diesels... They have made smaller versions of the HF 3.6, though. A 3.0 IIRC.. And the full-size trucks still have the pushrod 4.3 V6 available. (Edit--apparently the 4.3 is gone for '22, except in the ancient Express/Savana vans).

Also, they probably decided it made more sense to have only one V6 engine family, that way they could put them in everything from FWD sedans and CUVs to RWD cars and trucks..

The comments say he made himself bigger blah blah blah. While true, it looked like that was a baby bear and well baby bears usually dont look for a fight. And while Im trying to talk a big game, I dont know how I would have reacted. Probably not as brave as this driver, but I do know one thing, had momma bear been around, no amount of making one's self bigger would have worked... Best comment goes to this gentleman though: (Im a sucker for bad puns and dad jokes!) Alan Smith 1 month ago Porch Pirates are becoming unBEARable! (pun)

A diesel sports sedan would not have gone over very well in the US...though in Europe they loved that shit. Keep in mind the time frame...GM was circling the drain in the mid-to-late 00s... cutting costs, dropping platforms and divisions, bankruptcy, etc.

- - - - - This whole 'they don't make it anymore so it's a "failure"' mindset has to die. It's illegitimate. Trends/ needs/ regulations/ demographics/ product planning change all the time, and many times, 'good things' get discontinued for the same reasons. I'll repeat myself ; when GM keeps something around for years & years, it's 'bad'. When they discontinue something after a few years it's 'bad'. Are we sure it's the longevity/lack thereof that's the problem... or is it just because it's GM?

Or..... use the 277 HP/460 TRQ all-aluminum, DOHC/4-valve Duramax TD in the sport sedan. Same configuration, 1.2 less liters displacement, 200 more TRQ... undoubtedly could be tuned higher; win-win-win. 5 displacements, 10 different model lines... what was the production volume??

Yeah, never used beyond the GMT-360s. But the 00s were a turbulent time for GM, they eventually gave up on the GMT-360s so the engine went away when they went away. Probably would have been too big for Cadillac RWD sedans which were designed for V6s and V8s..and the rest of GM's sedans in the US were FWD then.

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Ya know you want that Dip NOW with crunchy Chips. Cool will have to try them, thanks for posting about them.