BMW has grown from a stable of 3 cars to what it has now, no thanks to the avalanche of X models since they sold Landrovers.

Much to the loyalist's annoyance, they do sell pretty well to propagate the series. Young fans don't understand cars their fathers would like, WILL make more money for the company.

Cars they are hoping to buy, aren't.

If there are other models from the Z series, they will be cannibalising their 1,3 and 6 series coupes, of course, unless they come up with a 4 door version of the Z4 or 6 series, or some outdated shooting brake concept.

Thank your stars there are still the 1 and 3 series coupe for your sporty look and drive.

I thought the 1 looked like a close cousin of the sperm whale Sturtles.

Your above post puts into light the obvious shift of generational preferences...something like you mentioned the purist are cringing from.

Porsche coming up with an SUV that would go on to sell so well that it funded the development of the 911 range. Sad truth I guess but these brands aren't the same as we remember them to be.

Ferrari's now playing around with hybrid techonology and will be previewing it at a motorshow soon enough. No idea what the future will hold for these brands....a Lamborghini MPV maybe?