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Originally Posted by Dog Face Pony Soldier
US consumers are relatively wealthy, and just as US consumers generally want larger homes when they can afford them, they like larger vehicles too. Then there's that "heavier vehicle wins in an accident" theory too.
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Americans are themselves larger. And heavier. They don't fold all that well, so they want a triple-X-size vehicle they can basically walk into, i.e an SUV or SUV-like chimera. If BMW owned Men's Wearhouse, the "big & tall" section would occupy 80% of the floor space.
Hence, many of BMW's recent designs seem morbidly obese to me.
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