Build it, and they will come...
It's interesting that some think that one car will be the death of the other, when history relates that this isn't the case. The Fiat 500 was released in 1957, and sold like cold cakes outside Italy because no one could see the point of a small car. Enter the Mini, and by the mid-60s, 500 sales had shot up. It is difficult for a technically new product to make the market alone, but when a similar product comes along, it makes the technology legitimate.
Current technology is the same. We had the Blackberry, but until the iPhpne came along, such an all-encompassing mobile device was deemed the province of businessmen. Once the iPhone came along, it legitimised the concept of e-mail on the move. At the same time, the use of touch screens was considered the province of geeks (mainly Apple geeks!) but here we are with Nokia, Samsung and Google all coming in to the market. Suddenly, the touch screen is the market standard, and the geeks are now part of the mainstream.
If the layout of the x6 confers such an advantage, and Schumacher have worked out the secret of its success (
), the we can expect others to follow. Suddenly, the market is legitimate. If they all go this way, and it makes 2WD off-road easier for new drivers to enter because the cars are easier and better to drive, then everyone's sales go up. XFactory will as likely see an increase in sales if the Schumacher car is as fast as theirs - mid-engined 2WD cars, as a technology in the market - have arrived!
I hope you all enjoy them. 2WD Off-Road is the only thing I'd give up my beloved 12th scale for, and it deserves all the popularity these two cars might give it.