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      02-10-2013, 10:24 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by mowflow View Post
On a bigger point. I wonder if BMW have thought about how the 4 series will do in the Chinese markets. I believe 4 is an unlucky number in Chinese culture and which is quite heavily superstitious. I remember many years ago Apple did a computer called the Power PC 4400. They had to change the name for the Chinese market as they couldn't give them away.
I have noticed. The problem is that 4 and death is pronounced quite similarly. I have managed to offend people in chinese restaurants several times by missing the correct tone while trying to order something with 4 on the menu, ending up wishing them dead by mistake.
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