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11-11-2014, 09:29 PM
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Lieutenant Colonel 
Drives: 6MT
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by wdeerfield
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Originally Posted by EmPower
This is a whole lot of c***. Compare the trim levels to the said cars in 2007/08 to what they are like now. If the Z4 was 15K cheaper base price, it would have made all the difference in the world. There is still a market for 30K+ good quality luxury sports run abouts; its just the Germans in their greed overestimated what a market could absorb and lost the plot. Not a lot of buyers want to spend 50+K on an average performing pig when there are much better alternatives for the same price
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amen. you get much better value and options for a similar performing vehicle at half the cost. when a nissan altima has 260hp and all the bells and whistles a bmw has for only 26k, its hard for the everyday consumer to justify 50k for a 3 series that still doesnt have xenon headlights or fold down seats or comfort access. a 25k accord has all that and lane departure, back up camera, etc..
cant wait to see the 1k increase in cost for 2016 vehicles from bmw when the new law requiring backup cameras is implemented. bmw will reduce the screen size of that to 4in while competitors will include navi and a 9in screen.
and before the fanboys jump in.. yea yea.. driving dynamics. none of that matters to the everyday consumer. they mostly care about that lil 76mm roundel if anything. But there comes a point where lacking features and a basic looking interior drive individuals away. |
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