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Originally Posted by nal13
What bothers me is that BMW is starting to slack. Audi hit it out of the park with the S4 and that's why I bought one. The car came out in 2009 and for the price and performance, nothing could touch it!!!! BMW has always been the bench mark, and I figured I'd drive my S4 for two or three years and then ptobably "upgrade" to new F30 335i when the x-drive version came out. If audi could transform the S4 to such an incredible machine, only God knew what BMW could do in three years. I was expecting the new 335i to be a complete game changer.
Thats why I find it perplexing that BMW produced a car that is inferior to its major competition in almost all categories, three years after that competition was released. Many reviewers actually prefer the 328 over the 335!!!! It seems like BMW focused more on the model for the masses then the enthusiasts model (328 instead of the 335). I hope this is not a glimps of things to come from BMW.
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There is certainly some turth to what you said. BMW have become the Toyota of the sport sedan segment, they try to design cars that please everybody but lost something in the translation.
Audi is certainly at its peak right now, at the same time, they might be slowly starting their downard decent. I have owned 4 Audi so far, and the built quality is simply better in the older Audi. I believe every car company goes thru its up and down cycle. I would not be a bit surprise if BMW make a big come back in the next 5 years. I like the current BMW line up design wise, even though its a bit water down performance wise.