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Originally Posted by NISFAN
Maybe they have built in the usual BMW discount factor into the pricing? It does seem odd that BMW stand out as being the discount brand, that the competitors don't entertain.
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I assume they have - given people are already reporting being offered £13k discounts before it is even launched... But I'm not sure that helps... even now with non xDrive you can spec a car to be £95k without too much trouble so by the time xDrive is out and assuming they will have doubled the discount by then that still makes a well specced one £80k which is just too much even if you like it... Assuming you factor in depreciation when you are buying - and if the GFV BMW are putting on it is a clue (I think it is) - then that is £50k you are spending on a car if you keep for 4 years. I wouldn't buy a Merc or Audi as for me they don't offer the kind of engagement I'm after - that is why my money would now be on a 992 Carrera S. It won't cost you any more as they don't depreciate anything like the M3 does and it is in a different league (and they look OK too)... That is the issue with the price point they have moved into... If you want the space making the 992 the wrong car then you would just get an M5 for not much more at all - dynamically I don't reckon it will be night and day from the G8Xs but we'll have to see on that once unbiased reviews are available...
They just seem to have got it wrong on so many levels - but then they clearly don't want my money and have a different kind of customer in mind...