BMW working on 3-Series LWB - report

and do you care to explain that very stupid comment?

I have been to china... and i can tell that the bmws , Audis and Mercs are used by executives.... so even the person with a 3er or a4 or c class has a driver... so they are lookin for more legroom in the car if they are paying twice the price of an accord...

I'm moving to China and getting a job as a driver.

i dont know where they were tested but if one was tested in mexico and other was tested in Germany... that would make a lot of difference...i mean the road conditions and the weather...But if it was the same place... i can see your point...

I owned a 98 Passat built in Mexico and it was so bad VW bought it back from me on the agreement I get another VW. My service adviser said whatever you do just look at the tag and get one built in Germany because the Mexico cars are crap. The German built GTI I ended up with was a flawless little tank and never saw the mechanic. I think that has changed but it does go to show that it makes a difference.

The American Auto industry ( notably General Motors and Ford ) have made dramatic strides in quality standards. For proof--The Ford Fusion has consistently won comparison tests and has recieved many awards. ) Unlike Toyota's Prius, you don't see any American hybrid cars being recalled do you? no you don't. While it took GM to go bankrupt to get its act together, give them credit where credit is due. They're finally making some good cars ( the Buick LaCrosse. the upcoming Regal to name a few ). Ford's updated Mustang is universally loved for its handling and power, almost as good as the mighty BMW M3, according to Motor Trend. As a family member of a BMW owning family ( currently 4 BMW's in the stable and the family having owned 8 since 1994 ), I can tell you that BMW HQ will be very stringent in maintaining the German quality of their BMW's. China, on the other hand, have a well earned reputation for building poorly constructed products. This is due to the Chinese government not having any standard tests and quality control. Witness the news about the baby formula and the drywall construction fiasco's. The Chinese automobile industry is in its infancy stage and it will be a very long time before you will see a Chinese made car being reliable. It will come no doubt but not without the help of American, German and Japanese car companies assisting. China is experiencing rapid growth and good for them but they do not produce the world's best products. America can compete and does produce quality products. The Germans, though, do have the mantel and do produce some of the worlds best products.

ppl in china dont buy german cars for "sports" ... they buy it for the the German Status... i do not see any problem with companies going LWB for a market ... they are not forcing you to buy it... they are just adapting to the market conditions... its the part of product development in marketing... McDonalds does this in every country... you cant buy a hamburger in India coz they dont eat meat... its Called "Business"

Should I feel shame? Shouldn't you or I not feel shame if we oppose it? Why not take a chair sit down and watch this market as others here.

Look, both BMW and Mercedes area already well known to have plan on several countries. So making a car in China is not a whole lot different, though some peopel may worry about the quality, however seems the German's discipline value is still there (quality test). BMW, MB and Volvo even has plan on Thailand, even S350 is build on Indonesia for South East Asia market and tehre is no downgrade there (although the price is around 10-20% off).