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Originally Posted by duder13
Nope. Even the old E30 sold over 5.7x more in the US than the E82. FWIW, that puts E82 sales at a little over twice the total E9X M3 sales, so, if we're talking just the 135i, it's probably in the same realm of total US sales as the E9X M3.
Total E30 Sales (US cars only)
1984: 44,433
1985: 53,905
1986: 61,822
1987: 58,896
1988: 38,346
1989: 32,153
1990: 29,583
1991: 29,002
total: 348,140
Total E82 Sales (US cars only)
2008: 12,018
2009: 11,182
2010: 13,132
2011: 8,832
2012: 7,689
2013: 7,220
2014: 75
total: 60,148
And just for fun:
Total Porsche 911 (997) US sales
2012: 8,528
2011: 6,016
2010: 5,737
2009: 6,839
2008: 8,324
2007: 12,493
2006: 12,045
2005: 10,107
total: 70,089
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Dude, there was no "1er" in BMW's line up during the model years of the E30 from 1983 thru 1991 (US market). The E30
WAS BMW's "1er" relatively speaking because there was no model in BMWs' lineup below the E30, so your analogy makes zero sense. The E30 came in a 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan, 4-door wagon, 2-door convertible, and the M3. During the E30 period, BMW produced a 3-series, 5-series, 6-series Coupe, 7-series, and the 8-series Coupe (at the very end).
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."