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Originally Posted by Jim_in_Calgary
I wonder if it's because they have rushed to release this vehicle and in doing that are beta testing the platform and new technology.
With all of the buy backs/lemon law problems BMW experienced with the HPFP in the N54 in the US, maybe they decided to hold this out of that market for a while.
They can let the early adopters finish the North American testing in Canada, where there is no consumer protection whatsoever.
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Nope, been discussed on one of the other threads but a delay in the introduction of the X1 to the USA market is probably largely due to BMW not being able to produce enough of them. Sales in Europe/East/Oz/SA have exceeded expectations and the factory is running at capacity. Production is shifting to Chennai in India this year which has a greater capacity to satisfy new markets. I think secondary to this is that the delay will also allow BMW to launch the M-Sport version and possibly some new engine variants.