If there's one thing that's certain in the automotive world, it's that buyers are ditching luxury sedans for luxury sport-utility vehicles. This isn't the first time we've heard this. Sedans are on the way out as buyers seek other variants.
One of those avenues is SUVs. Another is four-door coupes.
While we've been hearing about BMW looking into building an X7 for quite some time now, nothing has actually materialized. Meanwhile, vehicles like the Cadillac Escalade, Land Rover Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz GL-Class — soon to be called the GLS — are ringing the cash register.
BMW's taken another route. It has expanded its 3- and 4-Series lineup significantly with the Grand Turismo and Grand Coupe variants. And, it also added the X4 to sit along side the X3. And then there's the 5-Series GTs. Not much to be said there.
Now I am not sure about you guys, but I rarely see any of the aforementioned above on the roads; however, I am seeing more and more LARGE, luxury SUVs just about everywhere.
Is BMW's lack of a real large, luxury SUV HURTING its potential sales?
Discuss!