My thought is that you’re right, this car is essentially pointless. Example? The Mercedes R Class – it sucks, it’s pointless and frankly hasn’t done very well around the world. The reason people don’t like is due to people buying premium cars not needing something between an SUV or wagon. Maybe a minivan flies in lower pricing points and for non-luxury brands, but not at the level BMW and Mercedes compete at – that’s what this is supposed to be, some sort of amalgam of the 5 Series and Merc R Class.

If the market isn’t there then why the hell do you continue to build it? Probably because you have marketing people pushing their agenda too much while the engineers are glazed over by it. Too bad, BMW was known for creating interesting, purposeful vehicles.

The 8 Series was a flop because it was a good car at a very high price point in a bad economic period however still remembered fondly. The PAS will be a flop because it’s an irrational vehicle that shouldn’t have been made and will not be remembered fondly.