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BMW 1-Series M Coupe starts at $47k

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Old 01-14-2011, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by EastS2k,Jan 14 2011, 09:02 PM
47k + tax + fees = 50k car,

new my used m3 ~50k +/-5k.

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or just add 5-10k and get an 09 gtr

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or just subtract 30k and get a cobalt ss

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legitimately made me lol
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Originally Posted by MrClean,Jan 14 2011, 05:47 PM
My impression of the car is that there's too much styling cues/creases/edges/buldging going on in this small platform of a car to pull it off smoothly.

As a result the car is akward and a little too boy-racer for a BMW.
let's be honest though. Who is the intended audience?
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Originally Posted by dombey,Jan 15 2011, 07:01 AM
let's be honest though. Who is the intended audience?
at 50k? mature auto enthusiasts?
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Originally Posted by sparrow,Jan 15 2011, 05:30 AM
at 50k? mature auto enthusiasts?
they'll sell some to mature enthusiasts, sure...but even the M3 gets a lot of boy racers that are living way beyond their means to drive an M3. It never ceases to amaze me how many 20-somethings that live at home or in a cheap apartment will find a way to come up with $1,000 a month to buy, or $800 to lease cars like these. This thing is like a wet dream for those people.

The price will be prohibitive to some, it always is. But let's think about how BMW makes money for a minute: they lease a lot of cars and offer free maintenance in hopes of keeping the cars well maintained. when they get the cars back, they CPO them, and resell or lease at a nice profit. That secondary market - the CPO'd 1M, is going to be like a mega-maid that sucks money out of boy racers' pockets.

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