On 5/23/2014 5:04 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote:
> The time has finally come to replace my s/h 1996 BMW 328i SE and my
> first choice would be another petrol s/h 3-Series of similar or better
> performance.
>
> But I'm dismayed that none of the more recent models offer a sun roof.
> An essential requirement for me.
>
> What's the reason for that omission, which looks widespread across
> most brands?
>


I totally agree that a sunroof is essential.

I saw a very sporty BMW at the dealers that had no sunroof and was told
it was a carbon fibre roof and that meant no sunroof

A long time ago I went shopping for a Honda Accord and when I told the
salesman I wanted a sunroof, he scoffed because most of his customers
were Chinese and they only want aircon and don't care about sunroofs. I
ended up buying a Prelude as all Preludes had sunroofs.

A lot of the nice sports cars have no sunroofs, like the Audi TT and the
Porsche Cayman. It costs more money to make a small car strong enough to
have a sunroof.

I live in Canada and I think all the 3 Series BMW's have sunroofs.