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All right, Robert, this is really exciting.
We're in midtown Manhattan, right across from Bryant park, and I want to try an experiment, which is ask people to name off the top of their head as many mid sized sedans as they know.
Audi a seven, BMW five Series, Ford.
Focus, Kia Spectra, Chevy Impala, Dodge Charger.
BMW X Five, BMW X three, the four Series 435 SDE, and Nissan Altima.
Okay, I get it.
Like, the answers sort of run the gamut.
Like, we have foreign cars, american cars, lots of different cars.
Exactly.
But let's try something a little less easy.