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Originally Posted by mkoesel
It's true that the sedan is far from dead.
That said, BMW sold about 500 fewer passenger cars this November than they did last November, but over 3000 more light trucks. So the trend away from cars is very much alive.
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if BMW had produced a 2 series
sedan in the last 5 years...
that 500 car drop wouldn't even be occurring. 
you can't sell that which you choose not to make.
BMW sells more sedan than coupe at every model level, whether it is a car or an X model. Based on your comments, Hell they sell more 4 series " gran coupes" than actual 2 door 4 series coupes. The decision by BMW to decline to produce a 1er or 2er sedan for a decade in the US is simply stupefying.
instead... Mercedes scooped up all those sales with the CLA and then doubled down with the A class
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Originally Posted by joshuastein55
Apparently BMW and Merc are neck in neck in total sales for 2019, if Merc doesn't sell ~2500 cars more than BMW in December, BMW will be able to take back the place of the #1 Luxury Automaker for the first time in years. Although anything can happen, especially since Merc beat BMW for November sales by >2000. It also seems Lexus is taking 3rd place from Audi.
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If BMW loses to Mercedes again this year for the luxury vehicle sales crown... it will be due to a lack of SEDANs, not SUV/SAV.... which will be consistent with the reason they lost the #1 luxury automaker sales crown in the US three years ago.
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Originally Posted by vladberca
Merc sold more than 1400 S Class models in November
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Wow. double the # of 7 series sold by BMW. I wonder what the Mercedes sedan vs SUV product mix is..
