[bmw1racer]

Originally Posted by Matski

A couple of quick stats to perhaps show why BMW's are may not be considered to be such a big deal in Europe (I chucked in Japan too because that's at the opposite end of the available data to the USA):

BMWs per 1000 people:

USA: 1.2
Germany: 3.3
UK: 3.2
Japan: 0.5

BMWs per Square Kilometre:

USA: 0.04
Germany: 0.77
UK: 0.85
Japan: 0.17

So here in the UK, where BMW's seem pretty common, they are (as a very broad average) 20 times more densely packed!

Those stats are misleading: The US has more people and square footage than any of those other countries... If you threw in China, they'd be even less than the U.S., huh?

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by bmw1racer

Those stats are misleading:

No they're not, they show how likely it is to come across a bmw on the road.
That europe outsells the US about 2:1 in cars has already been established.
In the US there are about as many bmw;s sold as in Germany and the UK toghether.
However the cars sold in the US are probably higher specced, so revenue wise it may be a little bit different (and China will probably peak at this figure as that's probably where the majority of the cars is in the upper market)

[Matski]

Originally Posted by bmw1racer

Those stats are misleading: The US has more people and square footage than any of those other countries... If you threw in China, they'd be even less than the U.S., huh?

Err, yes I realise that... but they are not misleading...

There are more BMW's per person here...

... and you wouldn't have to go as far to see one...

How is that misleading?

[Fundguy1]

Now that 3.0 csl I like. Make 750 of those and see how much faster they sell. Nice.