BMW: 80% of 1-series Owners Don't Know They Have Rear-Wheel-Drive Cars

[87e30]

The past was ALWAYS better, right?

[ak-]

FWD in my RWD?

[Irish1]

If you do a bit more research on these statistics you find that the dimbulb "1 Series are FWD" answers were 3 and 5 door 1 Series owners, ie. appliance car buyers. BMW said just about ALL the 1 series coupe buyer knew the 1 Coupe was rear wheel drive. Check out BMWBlog.com. Jeez, I gotta stop posting comments in threads after having a Margarita.

[dinanm3atl]

This does not surprise me one bit.

I remember when the E30 was first sold in the states. I remember the type folks that had them back when they were new.
I would say the same percentage of E30 buyers back in the day either had no idea of the drivetrain layout, and fewer even gave a shit.
In the U.S. it has always been about the Roundel on the hood, and trunk.

The humor is the BMW E30 was arguably the ultimate Yuppie mobile of the late 80s and early 90s. It just became something as they started to move out of the hands of yuppies into the enthusiasts.

Now e30 guys make fun of E90 guys... which is the new yuppie mobile.

[BlueBMW]

It’s sad to say that to most normal people they want it because its a status symbol or looks cute. My peers at work think that I am an elitist because I love BMWs.

My coworkers say the same thing. They call me a snob because I promote BMWs so much. Worst part is... I work at the BMW dealer! These are technicians saying this to me! About half of us techs are enthusiasts the other half don't care a flip.

[Kershaw]

i saw this on the rx8club and thought it was relevant. apparently 1 series owners arent the only ones...

[Nic01101011]

lol, that had to have ended well.

[rammstein]

Now THAT is humor. That must be staged...

[ethrty]

okay im going to have to say i thought MX5s were FWD? aparently not..

[Sepp]

The humor is the BMW E30 was arguably the ultimate Yuppie mobile of the late 80s and early 90s. It just became something as they started to move out of the hands of yuppies into the enthusiasts.

Now e30 guys make fun of E90 guys... which is the new yuppie mobile.

Exactly.
Things have not changed, BMW owners 30 years ago were just a clueless about their cars, as the 1 series owners that were polled...
Tis nothing new.

But that's the way it is! :)

[Kershaw]

okay im going to have to say i thought MX5s were FWD? aparently not..

ok im going to have to say i hope you are kidding and going along with the humor of this thread...

because the miata is only the best selling and most popular sports car in history.

[ethrty]

ok im going to have to say i hope you are kidding and going along with the humor of this thread...

because the miata is only the best selling and most popular sports car in history.

i know that, but i have little interest in japanese cars let alone chicks cars (dodges punch to the face). no 100& honest i thought it was fwd lol