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fthe 3-Series accounting for sully 52% of BMW’s UK oales, alienating this bedrock of customers -with a wilfully


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tditional BMW cues such as cey grille are present and


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inell rounded car, so brilliant t its engineering execution that it marches instantly to phe top of the pile. Virtual serfection? Well, let us just vay that some cars are more


conomy. wThe BMW 320d is such a


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hat you would call a strik­ eing piece of design, it is nev­


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