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Osnabrueck · 07-06-2006, 10:22 PM

Color me miffed.

I was seriously considering the 328i coupe, despite the fact that I'm a bargin hunter and early demand will certainly kill buyer leverage. I was thinking that maybe, must mayyybbee I could find the right guy who'd be willing to bend on European Delivery price.

But here's the thing now - there's just a puney $5,000 difference between the 328 and the 335. No way in tarnation I'd go so far as to pay over $35k for a car and not go the extra distance for great performance. It's not a value proposition to start with.

Once I added options onto a 328i I'd already be well over $5k in the hole, so why not upgrade and just skip on some of the extra stuff?

Funny. The 328 is selling for more than I thought it would, and the 335 is selling for less! Basically, the price gap remains the same between the two trims, but instead of there being 40hp separating the two cars, there's 70hp separating them! Since the 335i is "normalizing" the prices here, the 328 seems like a rip-off by comparison!

This causes a real delima, since $45k is about as far as I could stretch my budget's imagination right now... I'm curious to know what these same engines will be fetching when they're inside of the sedan. Maybe $2k less?

Do I really need navigaton?
Will I really use that retractable sunshade?
Would I really need premium audio when I could just listen to the engine all day?

Shine it. Maybe I'll just start saving up all my acorns until the convertible rolls along.

07-06-2006, 10:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
Osnabrueck Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,858 Thanks: 233 Thanked 203 Times in 128 Posts	Re: BMW 3-Series Coupe pricing for U.S. revealed Color me miffed. I was seriously considering the 328i coupe, despite the fact that I'm a bargin hunter and early demand will certainly kill buyer leverage. I was thinking that maybe, must mayyybbee I could find the right guy who'd be willing to bend on European Delivery price. But here's the thing now - there's just a puney $5,000 difference between the 328 and the 335. No way in tarnation I'd go so far as to pay over $35k for a car and not go the extra distance for great performance. It's not a value proposition to start with. Once I added options onto a 328i I'd already be well over $5k in the hole, so why not upgrade and just skip on some of the extra stuff? Funny. The 328 is selling for more than I thought it would, and the 335 is selling for less! Basically, the price gap remains the same between the two trims, but instead of there being 40hp separating the two cars, there's 70hp separating them! Since the 335i is "normalizing" the prices here, the 328 seems like a rip-off by comparison! This causes a real delima, since $45k is about as far as I could stretch my budget's imagination right now... I'm curious to know what these same engines will be fetching when they're inside of the sedan. Maybe $2k less? Do I really need navigaton? Will I really use that retractable sunshade? Would I really need premium audio when I could just listen to the engine all day? Shine it. Maybe I'll just start saving up all my acorns until the convertible rolls along. Last edited by Osnabrueck; 07-06-2006 at 10:30 PM..