People that dont really care what car they drive as long as it gets them there are not going to be prepared to put up with the hassle of finding a nice XM or finding spares when needed or someone who is prepared to fix them on the rare occaisions that they go wrong

When I first started driving a large proportion of drivers would repair their own cars, these are becoming fewer by the day as cars get more complicated and people less inclined to want to fix anything themselves, most people are also considerably better off financially than they were then, what really amazes is the number of people who will spend thousands of pounds on a car and then decide that they dont like it because they did little or no research before making their purchase.
With those sort of attitudes, its no wonder XM prices are plummeting, still, its just as well or we wouldn't be able to afford them.

Peter