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      12-07-2007, 05:49 PM   #188
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Originally Posted by ZeroG View Post
Of course I have no hard facts to back up my numbers, other than some simple time series analysis. I remember when the E46 M3 first came out in 2001 base MSRP was $43K, and you never saw one at the dealer for that price. Some dealers marked them up, and some didn't but they were still not $43K.

So the chances of being able to find a "base" M3 is unlikely. I still think that even the base will be in the $60K arena, and I lean more towards the high end of $60K at that.

You can even look at the new 1 series. The 128 is like $28K, and the 135 is $34K which is not a far cry from the 3 series, yet it was a lot high than most people thought they would be.
Base price was around $47,000 for a 2001 M3 (I still have my Car and Driver magazine with the test drive), up to $49,995 (leather included) in 2006, my friend...
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