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KILL Lexus IS-F and AMG C63 and keep the segment to themselves | 39 | 25.32% | |
BMW 335i was such a good car, the M3 couldn't command a bigger premium | 18 | 11.69% | |
US Economy slowing down in 2008 | 27 | 17.53% | |
To hit the unit goal of 100,000 units, need to price the car to hit these volumes | 70 | 45.45% | |
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01-13-2008, 06:40 PM | #1 |
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What influenced BMW USA's M3 Pricing Most
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No poll.
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Poll up now....it just takes a little time before the post goes up and when the poll goes up. While there must be a little of each affecting BMW's decision, I think they are doing it for marketshare and they needed the price to hit their volume goals.
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I'd say it's a combo of everything you said, definitly not just one of those points.
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I'm sure it was a combination of several factors; not easy to guess one.
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Yeh and if I recently bought a 335i I would be so upset.
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You guys are posting so fast it still says no views for this thread lol
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+1, including BMW AG's expected after-hedging profit scenario.
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Volume... IMO, at the end of the day, the M3 is while the others want to be. However, to get that volume that BMW wants they need to convince those customers that don't know the difference that the real deal is the M3.
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Sunday afternoon/evening, we've got a lot of activity going on this threads right now huh? Shows how excitied some of us are
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I am psyched that BMW came through with some reasonable pricing, but most will still cost around $65k with options. This is plenty of profit for BMW, esp when they will sell 100K of them.
The IS-F will need to be discounted almost immediately. And the RS4's value just plummeted.
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I am having a little fun on an ISF thread on this board. What is the value statement for the ISF over the M3? Power? Nope Handling? Nope Engineering? Nope Brand Cache? Nope BMW just relegated the ISF into an also-ran with pricing today. Better luck next cycle Lexus!!!
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I am in a polling mood....
Go over to: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107254 and vote.... A good debate again for modded 335i vs. M3
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Fully loaded IS-F is $63.4k, fully loaded e90 M3 is about $72k.
Base $56,000 DVD nav, w/ML, $3,990 pre-collision $2,850 intuitive park assist $500 headlamp washer, $100. TOTAL $63,440 + ttl Or without the Mark Levinson system and just nav. it's $62,430. T-Bone, i still don't understand why you think the engine is weak, especially with this logic. Quote:
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