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I'm simply pointing out that attempting to placate the small (very small) part of the US market that wants a 1er hatch with an X1 is a bullshit move. There's a market for small, functional cars that BMW isn't fulfilling at the moment, discounting MINI. I'd still prefer a small rwd car to other offerings, but don't want a truck.
Offering both ends of the spectrum of the 1er platform seems like a more tenable situation that offering yet more SAV's. I'm gonna guess that the X1 and the Countryman share enough of the platform that there's little additional cost of offering the X1, but assuming that it will satiate those of us that want a small, efficient car is misguided at best.
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