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      10-04-2010, 01:56 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by mkoesel View Post
So, the move toward FWD for this model line is motivated almost purely by the fact that they already have the platform (Mini) at their disposal.
Exactly. BMW will be leveraging these platforms to their fullest. If it were your company, wouldn't you do the same?

I can see where there is a market for smaller cars to have FWD. However I would not expect any of these types of driveline changes on cars bigger than the 1er in the future.
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