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most big companies are for profit.

why would you expect them to do anything otherwise? Building the "ultimate driving machine" makes them money (for example the 2 and the 4 like you said), and also by just building cars for a particular market (china) that would sell and make more money than just producing the 2 and the 4 alone. This funds much more money to r&d, so they can produce the cars for your "enthusiast" demographic and make them to your high expectations of what your bmw should be like. I think the "enthusiast" crowd sometimes forget they are not the only people buying their favorite brand. there are other people that value other things.

if you they don't make anyone more money or very little by just selling 2 and 4s, i think they would be terrible cars.