On Thu, 01 May 2008 12:19:07 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
<dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <vt6f14510k90r1aovqj34usc20pdh46jml@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Dean Dark <ddrake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I believe that in US BMW-speak, "business" means "basic," as in the
>> very basic "business coupe" versions of cars sold in the US 50 years
>> or more ago. Maybe it kind of translates to "poverty model" in the
>> YooKay, or "stripper model" in current YooEss parlance.
>
>It might in the US, but in other markets there are lower spec ones
fitted.
>Perhaps equivalent to business class when flying?
Well, in any event, BMW's nomenclature has got us all confused to the
point where we can't even decide if "business grade" is a "good" or a
"bad" thing.
Maybe that's how BMW intended it to be.
--
Dan.
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