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According to another BMW statement, this car is to be the first China-assembled car for export and that BMW doesn't care where it's built. Well, BMW; I do and if it's assembled in China it's off my list.
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Hopefully BMW will have the same quality control in place where it doesn't matter if the car was built in Germany, Spartanburg, or China. Maybe BMW will just take a page out of Apple's playbook and say their cars are designed in Germany. Just be prepared for a bunch of knockoffs in China. Oh wait there's already motor version of the ix3 - the Kia Soul hahaha |
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04-25-2018, 12:51 PM | #93 |
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Funny, the exact same words was said when Spartanburg opened Let's see how it will turn out, when it's due within a couple of years
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Looks like how an Electric SUC should
Love the new looks. It's important for the EV version to look distinctive and the wheels and the grill do the job quite well.
If only they had a 350 mile range - SUVs need to take people far and 249 just wouldn't cut it today. I'd also like to know what it's offroading (or softroading capabilities are). |
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I think he wants larger battery and what not. |
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It's not about quality--China-assembled cars could be better than SC-assembled cars. It's about buying things I don't "have" to buy from a place that steals intellectual property. There is so much automation, now; that quality is a function of the designers and programmers--not idiots with rubber hammers to make things fit, as one used to see in films of Detroit.
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I know automakers are going down this road because of governmental regulations in certain countries and people think these cars are gonna save Mother Earth. Just because automakers want to PUSH a product does not mean it's going to sell or sell well. Time will tell. I have a suspicion it's gonna be a hard sell for automakers in the old USofA. People here want big monster Trucks, SUVs, cars with a Real range for road trips. |
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Just from a supply standpoint, doesn't it make sense to build electric cars in China? Sending the batteries and motor to the rolling chassis seems more expensive than just assembling it all at one place.
Not really advocating for more Chinese production, but at least in the case of the i cars, it seems to make sense. And does there come a time that IC cars get the BMW badge and i cars have the M left off? |
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China,Roslyn and Spartanburg.
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