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      01-15-2025, 11:29 AM   #108
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Originally Posted by marseille82 View Post
Driving a BMW (M or not) doesn’t make anyone elite. They need to flex the private islands and jets to maybe be elitists.
Neah, these days you need to own your own Cult of rabid followers to qualify as an "elitist".
Islands and jets are so 20th century...

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Originally Posted by G80indy View Post
M as in Marketing segment of their assortment
Indeed.
Nothing new here.
///M has been for Marketing since mid-90s, at least.

M-Performance is just the latest evolution, and replacement for "s" and "is" badge postfixes of the past.

F sport, AMG Line, S-line, M Performance, M Sport - just highly profitable label pimping (excuse me, engineering)!

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