BMW gets over 50,000 orders for the iX3, announces first quarter results

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FENICH@reddit

r/cars once again in shambles (seen in this thread)

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TheReaperSovereign@reddit

BMW is a lot better at selling cars than reddit will ever be.

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zeekayz@reddit

They're not making a manual transmission brown colored wagon! They will go bankrupt!

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seriously. people here live in the past. While I don't love the all-screen interface of the car, there are so many positives - range, excellent driver assist, performance and comfort, that I may buy one anyway.

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TheRealCVDY@reddit

Looks like a modernized version of the old Subaru Tribeca

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DudebuD16@reddit

Sat in it at the auto show in Toronto and it's so far ahead of most of BMW's lineup in design and quality.

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argent_pixel@reddit

I'm surprised M and Rolls-Royce are starting the year down considering the rich are the only ones buying anything at this point.

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strongmanass@reddit

M buyers aren't rich. Those segments will be price-sensitive to job and stock market shifts.

Hard to tell for RR. China is a major market and first quarter results are always down due to Chinese New Year. There's also the Iran war and US tariffs. At their volume 8% is only 110 cars. And they're shifting to focus more on margin (as if they weren't already).

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hi_im_bored13@reddit

Yeah we're seeing a lot of dips YoY & then you go back in the data & it turns out that q1 '25 was just a bit of an outlier likely due to the impending tariffs & whatnot, on top of china as you said

I don't really care for any of the results this quarter. Journalists are having a field day with it bending the narrative to frame cancelling wagons as responsible though lmao

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strongmanass@reddit

There's not much to take away really. H1 will be a better indicator of where things sit across the industry.

Wagons are an interesting niche. At this point it's almost purely enthusiasts and people who like being different. There's pent up demand as BMW saw with the M5 Touring. I think there's also a chance for a brand a price level below. Not the Germans because most would just get the M3 Touring/RS5 Avant instead of the M5/RS6. But something like a CT4V/CT5V Blackwing wagon would've gotten some attention. Or maybe a G80 Magma wingback (not the G90 they've shown, that's like an S-class wagon).

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TenguBlade@reddit

They’re using their insider knowledge to make more money by placing bets instead.

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red_simplex@reddit

I am still buying food, for now.

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india2wallst@reddit

BMW really seems to have adapted to the coming EV era. Audi on the other hand 💀

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Typical_Stormtrooper@reddit

Geeze that thing is ugly...

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SharkBaitDLS@reddit

I think it looks brilliant. It’s a great callback to their older styling.

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The_slackfinder@reddit

Grill too big? Hate it. Grill too small? Hate it. No grill? Hate it. Grill is finally juuuust right? “ThAt’S nOt A rEaL hOFfMeiStEr KiNk!!!! Hate it!!”

Can’t win with these people.

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