2018 M3 Pricing Guide and Summary of Changes

[Encanto]

Originally Posted by Iceman1

What extra do you get with the full leather?

Contrast stitching in the door handles and kneepad.

[mkoesel]

Good comparison. The added $750 for the mandatory PDC when you order an M4 with ZPX is a comically poor way to present that information. It's nice to see that nonsense isn't in the M3 guide. Hopefully they will fix that for the next revision of the M4 guide as well.

There are other subtleties here too. For example, if you want an M3 with cloth upholstery and ZEC, you still get bent over for an extra ~$1000. With the M4 you don't have to pay that additional sum for no good reason anymore, as you did in previous years. You also get Speed Limit Info with the M4 ZPX whereas with the M3 it's in a separate package. On the other hand, with the M3, you get heated rear seats which are not available on the M4. So basically, the $110 differential favoring the M4 in your comparison accounts for the difference in price between Heated Rear Seats and Speed Limit Info. However, I should add here that, if you opt for the Active Driving Assistant on the M4, you pay the same $500 you pay for the M3's ZDA Driving Assistance Package which includes not just Active Driving Assistant but also Speed Limit Info. So in that event, you are essentially paying an extra $110 over the identically equipped M4 for heated rear seats which isn't bad at all.

It's not clear why the two Executive Packages are broken out so differently, but it would be nice to see a combined guide with these things standardized like it was in the old guide. I suppose they are different enough now that they didn't want to do it that way.

Originally Posted by enoob3

The executive package is only $110 more than a comparably equipped M4 with extended leather.

Example:
M4:
executive package - $2100
(pulls in Park distance control) - $750
extended leather - $950
Heated steering wheel - $190
Total - $3990

M3:
executive package - $4100
(includes park distance control)
(includes extended leather)
(includes heated steering wheel)
Total - $4100

Differential - $110

Not too bad of a deal IMO.

[aerostar]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

It's not clear why the two Executive Packages are broken out so differently, but it would be nice to see a combined guide with these things standardized like it was in the old guide. I suppose they are different enough now that they didn't want to do it that way.

All has to do w/ supply chain.

Probably getting rid of excess supply of parts before the model ends. Or prices jacked up on one part vs. another.

There's always a financial reason behind everything they do. They don't just "give things away".

[mkoesel]

I think it has more to do with their analysis of how the M3 and M4 are typically being spec'd by customers to date and striking a balance between minimizing available configurations and maximizing selling price based on that data.

Originally Posted by aerostar

All has to do w/ supply chain.

Probably getting rid of excess supply of parts before the model ends. Or prices jacked up on one part vs. another.

There's always a financial reason behind everything they do. They don't just "give things away".

[shay2nak]

WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW

LED headlight gone from $1900 to $4100. Typical BMW BS. Pretty pissed. WTF do the lights have to do with Exec pack!? goddamn it!

[stooker]

Originally Posted by shay2nak

WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW

LED headlight gone from $1900 to $4100. Typical BMW BS. Pretty pissed. WTF do the lights have to do with Exec pack!? goddamn it!

LED lights are standard. It's the adaptive LEDs (i.e. the hexagonal lights) that come with the exec package.

[kechang]

Wait, did it say iDrive 6.0 with touchscreen? So M3 has touchscreen and M4 doesn't? WTH?

[Jaymax85]

Originally Posted by kechang

Wait, did it say iDrive 6.0 with touchscreen? So M3 has touchscreen and M4 doesn't? WTH?

All M3/M4 production from July onward has it.

[SD ///M4]

From the BMW Model Year 2018 Update Information Press Release dated today:

2018 BMW M3 Sedan.
Changes to the BMW M3 are effective July 2017 production.

Standard Equipment now includes:

• LED Headlights (5A2) replace Xenon adaptive headlights (522+524), which are no longer offered.
• The illuminated matte-chrome M badge on the seat has been redesigned to high-gloss black, and includes the M3 model name.
• iDrive 6.0 with Touch Screen Technology is standard.

Lines and Package changes:
Competition Package (ZCP)

• New 20-inch wheel (2CQ) M Forged Black Star-Spoke Wheels Style 666 M with Mixed Performance Tires now available.

BMW M3 Sedan Pricing (plus $995 D&H):

BMW M3 Sedan
$65,500

http://www.bmwusanews.com/newsreleas...=&searchresult

[autopal]

Back up camera now standard, finally...

[Arcades]

Welp... time to annoy my dealership once again.

[Downeaster1]

Wonder if it's worth trading in the 17' ZCP for an 18' ZCP?

[IB M]

Originally Posted by Downeaster1

Wonder if it's worth trading in the 17' ZCP for an 18' ZCP?

Same question but I've got a lease.

I'd like to get into an individual color 18 at the end of the run, so like June next next year. Probs to expensive to break the lease half way through though. Poor planning on my part.

[cipri]

Originally Posted by Shizzel720

I just received a PDF copy from my dealer. Enjoy.

Changes to the BMW M3 are effective July 2017 production.

Pricing guide: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/att...8&d=1497111007

M3 Standard Equipment now includes:

•  LED Headlights (5A2) replace Xenon adaptive headlights (522+524), which are no longer offered.
•  The illuminated matte-chrome M badge on the seat has been redesigned to high- gloss black, and includes the M3 model name.
•  iDrive 6.0 with Touch Screen Technology is standard.

Lines and Package changes:

• Competition Package (ZCP)
•  New 20-inch wheel (2CQ) M Forged Black Star-Spoke Wheels Style 666 M with
• Mixed Performance Tires now available.

Thanks
Interesting that they added 7ME, can they modify the 17 or 16 using some software update , or 7ME option is only for the 18?

[YMB-M3-J2]

Well all good news, I had made an appointment with my dealer for this Saturday to do my build and secure an early allocation.

All I see is that prices are effective 7-1-17 and SOP is 7/2017. Doesn't give week number or date.

[Encanto]

SOP is the first week of July thus "effective 7-1-17".

There are already a week 27 and a week 29 (mine) MY2018 M3 in this forum, at least. None of those are "end of July" SOP.

Originally Posted by YMB_M4_j2

All I see is that prices are effective 7-1-17 and SOP is 7/2017. Doesn't give week number or date.

[YMB-M3-J2]

Originally Posted by Encanto

SOP is the first week of July thus "effective 7-1-17".

There are already a week 27 and a week 29 (mine) MY2018 M3 in this forum, at least. None of those are "end of July" SOP.

Cool!

[adc]

Folks when is end of production for the F80?

I need to start planning my next Euro delivery.

[rallybull]

Originally Posted by Encanto

Contrast stitching in the door handles and kneepad.

And leather dash??

[XsltAnalyst]

Originally Posted by adc

Folks when is end of production for the F80?

I need to start planning my next Euro delivery.

10/18

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Encanto

So you want to pay $1900 for LEDs that swivel instead nothing for LED that do not swivel...

They look quite differently. The base bi-LED headlights do not have the LCI new look of the hex halos, they look like the old xenon.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by aerostar

All has to do w/ supply chain.

Probably getting rid of excess supply of parts before the model ends. Or prices jacked up on one part vs. another.

There's always a financial reason behind everything they do. They don't just "give things away".

Those specs are made up by BMW North America for the US market. They have nothing to do with the production of the cars in Germany. Each country package options differently.