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Originally Posted by jpdchicago
Magazine reviews are heavily based on advertising revenues. Check the number of ads from GM, Ford and Chrysler and it should give you an idea...
True for all printed press.
BMW is getting record number in sales. Does not seem to hurt them.
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I don't a ton of BMW ads when BMW was the go to car for C&D, R&T, Automobile, Motortrend most of the 90s and early 2000s. Maybe that's just my poor memory Almost a 20 year run. The M3 had been the top of the 10 Best List for C&D since the days of the e36 M3 and probably before.
All for of the major car magazines had a love affair for anything BMW.
Now you can get a Camaro that has more horsepower, that is faster and out outhandles an M4, same with the Mustang Shelby GT350, and Cadillac ATS-V, and Alfa Romeo Giulia QF, AMG C63. And the CTS-V, E63 is still a good option/competitor for the M5.
Could it be that the competition from Euros and Americans have improved in leaps and bounds, whereas BMW has only improved incrementally, and that the fact is that BMW AG sees the future in electrification and with its mandates of no bespoked M engines has decided that the M brand will slowly die on the vine---being more less and less "go", and more and more "show"?