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Originally Posted by Questforpower
That's nice but can you put that in layman's terms... 
What do you mean by enough production slots? |
In early press releases, production figures for the U.S. and worldwide were estimated at 800-1,000 and 2,000-2,500. After production started, the press, from information provide by BMW, was referencing the 800 number for the U.S. as opposed to 1,000. Now that production for the U.S. has ended, we know that BMW fell short of their estimate that could be attributed to 1M sharing the the Leipzig production line with the X1 and non-M E82. According to information gathered from our forum members residing in Germany, 1M and E82 production will end in the first quarter of 2012 to make way for the F30. My guess is with 3 months of production left, there wasn't enough 1Ms to allocate to the U.S. for BMWNA to substantiate/homologate a 2012 1M regardless of the known demand in the U.S. Regardless of what the real reasons are, BMWNA decided not to approve a 2012 U.S. spec'd 1M.