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Originally Posted by Technic
ED always have been available for the M3, the difference now (since early 2009) is that the ED price discount is available.
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Oh yeah...that's what it was.
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Originally Posted by JulieDriving
Technic, do you what made BMW USA start offering a discount on ED cars.
Canada's really didn't have a proper ED program (that wasn't a total hassle) until Mark's M took delivery of his in May 2010. No discounts for us.  I'm wondering if there's a possibility of discounts in the future... |
I read on here something like the discount comes from some incentive that BMW Gmbh pays to BMWNA that is avoided when taking delivery through ED. When you order a car through ED, it does not count against the dealer's allocation as well.
If you think about it, the E39 M5 and E46 M3 were really the first mass produced M cars where it would make sense to offer discounts on. The E36 M3 doesn't really count since we never got the "real" M3. I think the Z3M and Z4M was produced in SC??? IIRC, the E46 M3 sold, for the most part, near or at MSRP in the US Unlike the E9X M3... which often sells closer to invoice.
Maybe it took BMW a couple of years to figure it out and started offer the ED discount??? I think you canadians need to be come super cheap SOBs like us americans and maybe they'll start doing the ED discount for you guys.