"this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata" (fantastic-mr-foxbody)
02/25/2015 at 00:13 • Filed to: tabalicious
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"this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata" (fantastic-mr-foxbody)
02/25/2015 at 00:13 • Filed to: tabalicious | 1
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At this point the germans are in an all out dick measuring arms race to see who's catalogue has the most possible combinations of model and trim level. Bimmer and Merc must be in the hundreds at this point. The question is, where does it end!?
Also, it's abrt damn time we switched things up around here. Hurrah!
duurtlang
> this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata
02/25/2015 at 11:27 |
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It's been like this for ages, the US tends to get only a very small cross section of what these brands have to offer. Take the 3-series. I'm only looking at drive trains here, and I'm ignoring the 3 GT because it's a 3 GT. In the US you get this:
320i manual sedan
320i auto sedan
320ix auto sedan
328i manual sedan
328i auto sedan
328ix auto sedan
328d auto sedan
328xd auto sedan
335i manaul sedan
335i auto sedan
335ix manual sedan
335ix auto sedan
hybrid sedan
328ix auto wagon
328xd auto wagon
That's 15. This is a lot for the US. Now look at Germany:
316i manual sedan
316i auto sedan
320i manual sedan
320i auto sedan
320i sport-auto sedan
320i ED manual sedan
320i ED auto sedan
320ix manual sedan
320ix auto sedan
320ix sport-auto sedan
328i manual sedan
328i auto sedan
328i sport-auto sedan
328ix manual sedan
328ix auto sedan
328ix sport-auto sedan
335i manual sedan
335i auto sedan
335i sport-auto sedan
335ix manual sedan
335ix auto sedan
335ix sport-auto sedan
316d manual sedan
316d auto sedan
318d manual sedan
318d auto sedan
318xd manual sedan
320d manual sedan
320d auto sedan
320d sport-auto sedan
320d ED manual sedan
320d ED auto sedan
320d ED sport-auto sedan
320xd manual sedan
320xd auto sedan
320xd sport-auto sedan
325d manual sedan
325d auto sedan
325d sport-auto sedan
330d auto sedan
330d sport-auto sedan
330xd auto sedan
330xd sport-auto sedan
335xd auto sedan
335xd sport-auto sedan
hybrid sedan
316i manual wagon
316i auto wagon
320i manual wagon
320i auto wagon
320i sport-auto wagon
320i ED manual wagon
320i ED auto wagon
320ix manual wagon
320ix auto wagon
320ix sport-auto wagon
328i manual wagon
328i auto wagon
328i sport-auto wagon
328ix manual wagon
328ix auto wagon
328ix sport-auto wagon
335i manual wagon
335i auto wagon
335i sport-auto wagon
335ix manual wagon
335ix auto wagon
335ix sport-auto wagon
316d manual wagon
316d auto wagon
318d manual wagon
318d auto wagon
318xd manual wagon
320d manual wagon
320d auto wagon
320d sport-auto wagon
320d ED manual wagon
320d ED auto wagon
320d ED sport-auto wagon
320xd manual wagon
320xd auto wagon
320xd sport-auto wagon
325d manual wagon
325d auto wagon
325d sport-auto wagon
330d auto wagon
330d sport-auto wagon
330xd auto wagon
330xd sport-auto wagon
335xd auto wagon
335xd sport-auto wagon
That's 91 , versus 15 in the US. And that's just drive train options for the 3 series, excluding the GT and the M3. I didn't even look at option packages and the like.
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this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata
> duurtlang
02/25/2015 at 14:26 |
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First of all, wow, that a list if I ever saw one. You're right, they have always been generous with the power train options and body styles. My point was more that they now offer things like a front wheel drive mpv, two hybrids, a bunch of suv's, a bunch of four door sports uselesstility coupes, etc. They've also split the 1 and 2, the 3 and 4, and the 5 and 6 ( and then made a 4 door version of the 6 coupe) Plus the options like m-sport cars, or cars with m-performance packages, which they keep adding.
All of which have tons of different available configurations, as you showed. That's a lot of freakin' cars.