BMW Quality

Sportstick · 11-03-2024, 11:08 PM

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmo...ity-is-cubing/

avi66 · 11-04-2024, 02:55 AM

https://g45.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2141953

Spartanburg…

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Originally Posted by GTGuy

Quick update: went by the dealership to have them look at the issue and two other X3 M50 have the same panel mismatch in the same location. Dealership acknowledged it was abnormal but it’s a manufacturing defect at Spartanburg. They are going to notify Spartanburg. The only way to fix would require disassembly of the front end.

JoeyO · 11-04-2024, 03:00 PM

So "cubing" is just a more modern and more expensive way of doing prototyping. Big whoop dee do. Car manufacturers have been prototyping since the dawn of time. Fit and finish isn't everything when it comes to quality. You could have terrific fit and finish, and still have a vehicle that doesn't function right or has very poor reliability. Fit and finish is only one variable that goes into building a good "quality" vehicle.

Besides, today's CAD programs are so sophisticated, they can analyze fit and finish, by entering all the max-min tolerances. They'll analyze worst case scenarios for unintended tolerance stack-up.

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JoeyO Captain 272 Rep 878 Posts Drives: silver car Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	So "cubing" is just a more modern and more expensive way of doing prototyping. Big whoop dee do. Car manufacturers have been prototyping since the dawn of time. Fit and finish isn't everything when it comes to quality. You could have terrific fit and finish, and still have a vehicle that doesn't function right or has very poor reliability. Fit and finish is only one variable that goes into building a good "quality" vehicle. Besides, today's CAD programs are so sophisticated, they can analyze fit and finish, by entering all the max-min tolerances. They'll analyze worst case scenarios for unintended tolerance stack-up.
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