New BMW print ad professes independence

BMW has published a new print ad that highlights its independence, and the accompanying ability to say "No." The ad explains what BMW will not do, such as "sell out to a parent company who will meddle in our affairs." It also stresses what BMW will do, such as spend extra money to achieve 50/50 weight distribution. See the full transcript after the jump...





"The ability to say no to compromise is a rare thing these days. Many companies would like to be able to say it, but so few have the autonomy to actually do it. As an independent company, BMW can say no. No, we will not compromise our ideas. No, we will not do it the way everyone else does it. No, we will not factor designs down to the lowest common denominator. No, we will not sell out to a parent company who will meddle in our affairs and ask us to subject our cars to mass market vanilla-ism. Because we can say no to compromise, we can say yes to other things -- such as building our vehicles with 50/50 weight distribution for superior handling and control, despite the fact that it costs more to build them that way. It's thousands of little things like this that separate BMW from other car companies. By maintaining our autonomy and ability to say no, we can make sure great ideas live on to become ultimate driving machines."