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Originally Posted by Racer20
Turning off one supplier and turning off another is not easy. It could have been planned to happen at the same time, and the filter was delayed, or maybe the steel supplier needed to ensure a certain production volume to meet a business case. Of course cost is a factor, but it's not malicious "screw the customer to save a dollar" type stuff. It's the reality of a complex mass production operation.
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Uh, yeah, maybe, but the end result of screwing the customer is the same whether it was malicious or an act of God. People that get the steel driveshaft won't be getting the same tech that was presented by BMW themselves as being an essential part of the latest gen M3/M4. They can explain it away all they want, but the reality doesn't change. Next gen M3/M4 will be hybrid, all-wheel drive, steel driveshaft (bet?), and absolutely fantastic pollution compliance, with filters that filter the stuff the other filters already filtered. Wooohooo !!!