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Originally Posted by Maestro
Be thankful you even have cup holder in your BMW, my marketing professor in business school consulted with BMW when they were trying to expand their market share in the US and he said the Germans did not understand the whole cup holder idea, they could not understand why someone would drive a high performance car and have drink in their hand.
This was also during the time Minivans were putting 20 cup holders.
My professor told them the reason they needed them is so people did not drive with a drink in their hands. They obviously understood that logic.
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My E63 M6 had the cupholder added as a concession.
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