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Originally Posted by Sauber F1
Fast forward to today; you claim it is the people that want the bigger size and I'm sure there are many that like that, but there a also many that don't, but as stated, we are not asked.
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In 2010 when BMW surveyed 1 series drivers about their cars, 80 percent of respondents believed they were driving a FWD car.
Less than 7 percent of new cars sold in 2011 in the US were manuals.
Obviously, BMW could be underestimating the sales potential of a car of the type several people have described, but there are enough available metrics for them to justify devoting development resources in other directions. Maybe once the Euro crisis is resolved they'll be willing to devote more RD to a smaller more performance based car.