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      12-28-2010, 01:39 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by SDSmurf View Post
Honestly, having read this I would have sworn that driving enthusiasts (that used to make up the huge majority of BMW owners) would be disappointed in the new 5, and prefer the performance of the Infinity; linear, NA engine; trading a little comfort for better handling etc...

Yet so far, the comments favour the BMW anyway? Is the Infinity not more like what most BMW enthusiasts would want over the portly turbo'd 5?
There in lies the question, and basically, that is why the demographics of BMW owners is changing. The engineers have lost to the marketing, pencil pushing morons that now run BMW with the goal of selling more units, rather than being good at what they were known for.

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