Just take a look at the BMW XM's poor sales; It's easy to criticize BMW for approving the polarizing SUV over a new supercar—but I won't do that. Even if the M division had nearly finished developing an M1 successor, the management team ultimately decided to go with the plug-in hybrid SUV instead. Why? In the late 2010s, the company's logic was that the XM would sell better than a new flagship performance car.
