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$45k for 28i $48k for 35i http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=955521 Looks like no RWD (Performance Control lite and Variable Sport Steering standard). No panoramic moonroof initially is a big turnoff for us. |
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03-10-2014, 11:13 AM | #96 |
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The deal on mini-suvs are that Americans don't like wagons or large 5-door hatches, but repackaging all that as a SUV or SAV somehow makes sense.
And yeah, I have an X1. Our other car is an Audi A4 Avant; we'd buy more wagons if we could get them. Audi has repackaged that model as an Allroad; a sort of Teutonic Subaru Outback. Moon |
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Of course I'd buy an M135i right now, but realize I'm one of about 37 Americans who would. |
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03-10-2014, 12:07 PM | #98 |
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Here's the point..... I'm sure there potential consumers in situations other than my own, but here is why I like them....
I'm a single guy with no family or kids, and I rarely have someone even sit in my back seat. So storage capacity and back seat space are not important. But I live in the snow belt and like an AWD vehicle that allows me to drive in the snow. Also, as I have a bad back, I need a vehicle with a higher than normal seating position. All those things combined has me preferring a small SUV. I would also consider a 2-seater regular cab small truck if they made one that had some luxuries, but nobody seems to make such a vehicle. Another vehicle that has me interested is this new Jeep Renegade that was just announced this past week. I can imagine that the one with the Fiat turbo engine from the 500 Abarth and the 6-speed manual transmission could be a blast to drive. |
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It's not that hard to keep under $60k (with the full convenience package, PASM, full leather and torque vectoring, it's $62k), which is roughly the same as a highly optioned X3/X4 and similar to an SQ5. Sure, you can option it further, but that's just falling victim to Porsche options, nothing that isn't true of all of their other models.
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But if it makes you feel better, keep thinking of it as a wagon. My wife drives a small SUV though. |
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03-10-2014, 04:10 PM | #105 |
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It is actually rated by EPA as a large car and my insurance company classifies it as a wagon and not an SUV...
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I admit that the X1 is based on an E91, shaped like a wagon, but pitched as an SUV. If it weren't, it would be called something without an X, it's not like BMW doesn't have enough names to cover it. A 1GT would have worked if someone really though it was a wagon. |
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I got mine to directly replace an impreza hatchback. Its close, but not nearly as much room. (smaller glovebox, smaller center console storage, no room for a spare, less trunk ******* seems closer in space to an A3.
I still think its more hatch than suv. |
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