Correct. Soon after this car was produced BMW met with Chrysler Motors in New York. Chrysler offered BMW's owners $33 million for the company. The owners' representatives wanted $38 million. They were too far apart and couldn't do the deal.
Mercedes Benz expressed an interest, but then the Quandts upped their ownership interest in the company, preserving it as an individual marque.
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Previously: 2014 i8; 2013 650i convertible; 2013 650i Gran Coupe; 2013 X1; 2010 550i GT; 2010 535 GT; 2010 Z4 3.5; 2008 535ixt; 2007 M6 convertible; 2006 650i convertible; 1996 Z3; 1980 633CSi; 1978 630CS; 1972 3.0CS; 1971 Bavaria. (1971; 1979-2005 & 2017 - ? -- the Mercedes years.)
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