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Okay, let's run with your counter argument. In 2015, BMW sold 463000 cars in China, and 346000 cars in the USA. This was not the first year that China was BMW

by eric-hu 10y ago

Okay, let's run with your counter argument. In 2015, BMW sold 463000 cars in China, and 346000 cars in the USA. This was not the first year that China was BMW's largest market. Last year was the first year that China was the largest market for Mercedes and Porsche. America was the second largest market for both companies. http://www.best-selling-cars.com/china/2015-full-year-german-luxury-car-sales-worldwide-and-in-china/ http://www.best-selling-cars.com/china/2015-full-year-german... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bmw-group-us-reports-december-and-2015-sales-300199606.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bmw-group-us-reports...

taobility 10y ago
America cowboys still live in the American Dream that USA still the only powerhouse of the world. Actually, USA and EU are declining dramatically in the past few years, and will faster in the coming years, considering about the political chaos, racial and religion conflicts, politic correction jokes.
- PopsiclePete 10y ago
  And who's gonna take over? China? Laughable. Let me know when Xu Jinping's daughter transfers from a US college to the Shanghai Polytechnical Institute. Let me know when the millions of rich Chinese stop parking their cash in San Francisco and Vancouver and instead "invest" in a smoggy Beijing suburb, please! Let me know when China stops destroying its environment and handles its "we-killed-so-many-female-fetuses-we-dont-know-what-to-do-with-these-young-men" problem, which usually means wide-scale unrest and violence. I'll believe you when the rich and successful Chinese start believing in China. And if the US and EU are so awful, how come everyone still wants to come over here and nobody is clamoring for the cushy, comfortable life-style of a Chinese factory worker ???
Retric 10y ago
1.3x sales with 4x the population proves my point. BMW is a mid+ brand (1 series is 25k) who does not care about total population just population with sufficient income.
- eric-hu 10y ago
  That's interesting. It demonstrates my point that a large machine is not to be disregarded just because of its inefficiencies.

by eric-hu 10y ago

taobility 10y ago

America cowboys still live in the American Dream that USA still the only powerhouse of the world. Actually, USA and EU are declining dramatically in the past few years, and will faster in the coming years, considering about the political chaos, racial and religion conflicts, politic correction jokes.

PopsiclePete 10y ago
And who's gonna take over? China? Laughable. Let me know when Xu Jinping's daughter transfers from a US college to the Shanghai Polytechnical Institute. Let me know when the millions of rich Chinese stop parking their cash in San Francisco and Vancouver and instead "invest" in a smoggy Beijing suburb, please! Let me know when China stops destroying its environment and handles its "we-killed-so-many-female-fetuses-we-dont-know-what-to-do-with-these-young-men" problem, which usually means wide-scale unrest and violence. I'll believe you when the rich and successful Chinese start believing in China. And if the US and EU are so awful, how come everyone still wants to come over here and nobody is clamoring for the cushy, comfortable life-style of a Chinese factory worker ???

Retric 10y ago

1.3x sales with 4x the population proves my point. BMW is a mid+ brand (1 series is 25k) who does not care about total population just population with sufficient income.

eric-hu 10y ago
That's interesting. It demonstrates my point that a large machine is not to be disregarded just because of its inefficiencies.