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Originally Posted by chris719
Rest assured, they are worse. There is a reason no press cars for E9x or F8x got sent out with the Contis. The bean counters make this decision, not the engineers.
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I seriously doubt this is a cost issue. It's a manufacturing issue. The line uses JIT manufacturing and requires multiple suppliers. Otherwise if Michelin were to have a manufacturing/delivery issue, BMW's only choice would be shutdown the line and send everyone home.