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Old 09-30-2020, 12:03 PM   #71
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The question is are they actually risking lower sales?

Like, if this is what you want, what's your alternative?
You are absolutely right from the MT perspective, but otherwise you have Alfa, MB, etc.
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Old 09-30-2020, 12:08 PM   #72
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You are absolutely right from the MT perspective, but otherwise you have Alfa, MB, etc.
Is Alfa really an option? It doesn't sound like the Quadrifoglios stay running long enough to make it off the lot.

This is thing looks the way it does *because* it's trying to look more over the top than the Benzes. (And I submit that the C63 looks as bad or worse than this does. It just doesn't have the same gut wrenching impact because none of us really cared.)
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Old 10-01-2020, 11:50 PM   #73
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Old 10-02-2020, 12:56 AM   #74
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Bizarre......
truly bizarre.....
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Old 10-02-2020, 09:12 AM   #75
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I like most angles of the car but the front end kind of looks like a mess. That being said, pics of the M4 Cab are coming out now and for some reason (can’t tell what is) this pic is the best front end view I’ve seen so far.

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Old 10-02-2020, 10:56 AM   #76
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That is horrible.
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Old 10-02-2020, 11:00 AM   #77
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WTF?!
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Old 10-02-2020, 11:31 AM   #78
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Maybe some of that camouflage shit can be used to make the grill look smaller???
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Old 10-02-2020, 11:55 AM   #79
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WTF?!
yeah, I was saying the same thing WTF. Guess we have all aged out of M3/4 demographics, hipster millennial only
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Old 10-02-2020, 01:26 PM   #80
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yeah, I was saying the same thing WTF. Guess we have all aged out of M3/4 demographics, hipster millennial only
Not even hipster. More like international playboy, playgirl and criminal types...
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