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COMPARING SALES OF ENTRY-LUXURY CARS IN THE USA (OCTOBER 2009)

No surprises here. BMW’s October Sales Stats show 3-Series sales to be way up from September back to the state of doubling up its nearest competitor. Although in very few instances does BMW still rightfully claim to be the builder of the “Ultimate Driving Machine”, the company still flogs so many different varieties of the fun-to-drive 3-Series that other automakers building excellent cars stand little chance of catching up to BMW anytime soon. In truth, cars 2-7 in the Graph below sell at rates which would be mostly indistinguishable on a drive through America. That’s why The Good Car Guy compiles the Sales Stats, of course. Now you don’t need to drive across America counting entry-luxury cars.

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