Some new info on E92 M3 incl. M Dynamics

[JEllis]

I think what you were supposed to get from that was the 53K base price for the M3....

[Manz_UK]

Originally Posted by sykotoy

yeah but lexus is full o plastic jap crap and price will show that

+1
would never buy a jap car after my M3
and ive had 3 before

lexus just dont have a clue when it comes to style.
they just copy the germans... and add a horrible Jap twist to it.

[coaster]

Originally Posted by jmf69

Well here some information reported in leftlanenews.com.

Lexus will price the 2008 IS-F sports car somewhere around $50,000, according to Lexus insiders contacted by Edmunds. A price in this range would make the IS-F only slightly more expensive than the soon-to-be-replaced $48,900 BMW M3.

Lexus might be attempt to undercut the next-generation M3, which rumors have suggested will be considerably more expensive. However, a report in August suggested BMW was eyeing a $53,975 price tag for the next M3, which is a small premium over the old model than originally anticipated.

Just read that the new ISF easily avoids the Gas Guzzler Tax due to excellent gas mileage (partly due to their new 8-speed tranny).

I have the feeling the new M3 will have a hefty gas guzzler tax on it (just look at the M5). Yet another couple of $K adding to the final price.

[replicat]

Originally Posted by swamp2

The timeline about FlexRay was:

10/30: Article with silver mule and blurb/diagram on FlexRay
11/1: You posted about "adjustable dampers" and in a reply to that post another fellow mentioned FlexRay. Later on in this same thread you post about FlexRay as well
11/9 You posted about those bogus "wedge brakes" and FlexRay at the same time

Sorry pay up!

Damn you!

How about an I.O.U.

P.S. Today in class we were going over multiplexing between a cars modules and I informed my teacher of Flexray. I felt super cool for knowing about the whole Consortium and all the research behind it, (thanks to this forum) I looked like an all-star.

[GrFa]

If you look at M Coupe v. M3 pricing, the M3 costs about $2k more (e36 M Coupe v. e46 M3 in 01) so I would figure $2k more than the Z4 M coupe or about $53-54k base as jmf69 suggested.

[swamp2]

Originally Posted by coaster

Just read that the new ISF easily avoids the Gas Guzzler Tax due to excellent gas mileage (partly due to their new 8-speed tranny). I have the feeling the new M3 will have a hefty gas guzzler tax on it (just look at the M5). Yet another couple of $K adding to the final price.

So an automatic tranny get better mileage than a manual?? The opposite is true. It must be something about a strange shift program or shutting down cylinders or something of the sort. Seems like BMW could implement something on SMG to do the same. Maybe starting in 2nd (1st will be very short) then skipping to 4th. I would definitely like to avoid the GG tax. Any idea what it will cost on the new M3 (same as M5, how much is that?).