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Originally Posted by xlover
I would be willing to bet it is 1 of 2 possibilities
1) the target US market MSRP did not align to the profile of a buyer interested in an x1 size and equipment level ev. They believe the US buyer would have demanded more luxury or size for the money...
2) production shortages, they do believe they could sell the vehicle here but in order to many support markets with limited production capacity they choose to forgo the US market and focus on others
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#2 seems more likely because the X1 actually does numbers in the US (not the case with the X2 for some reason). But supply issues makes a lot of sense as the microprocessor issue is still ongoing.