It is not expressly a mechanism of punishment. It is expressly a mechanism of debt repayment; it can be argued that that is closer to a mechanism of forgiveness than one of punishment.

Sort of the other way around; 3s are 4-door by default, and 4s are two-door by default. They still make 4-door coupes (following the technical definition of a coupe, rather than the popular definition) in the 4 series, namely the GC.

Now I'm even more confused. The parent post stated this:

> "3 series coupes and 4 series sedans"

shrug

The higher the number the bigger the vehicle and the more expensive....

That's how I think of it.

Until reading these comments, I was completely convinced this was fairly good satire.