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      12-15-2017, 11:23 AM   #142
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Originally Posted by stefan View Post
As you point out it's a public company with shareholder interests in mind. As such they'll sell a hell of a lot more M5 hybrids than bespoke driver oriented M cars. All companies seek to grow their share price and this is how BMW does it. Obviously they see no reason for a halo car either. Now Porsche can get away with it since their investor base is spread wide thanks to VW.
See I’m not sure I agree - I think Porsche is just more committed to performance oriented vehicles. They know that SUV and luxury sedans make then boocoo money...but they use the profits to make badass Caymans, Boxsters, and 911s. And their GT level cars are in classes of their own up to super car performance and cost levels. BMW could do that, but they won’t.

Quantity over quality these days. That’s just how it is.
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