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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunny
How is a 300hp car for around $35K bad value - show me another car from an European manufacturer that comes close? Yup, the image conscious people will just get a 328 coupe but I can imagine where the enthusiast crowd is going.
Well hey, I'm still holding on to the hope that the 135i will be priced and packaged low enough to make it an appealing alternative to the 3er coupe. BMW's turbo engine is the belle of the ball, and it could make for one hell of a sport compact.
However, my gut tells me that an OTD price on the 135i that's equipped with basic amenities is only going have a $7,000 gap between a similar 3er coupe.
Anyways we'll see! Sure, I'm prematurely bitching, but I certainly don't want everybody to get their hopes up for this being the "messiah BMW." |
Well, a $7000 gap from 335 would put base price price for the 135 at $33K and I think that would be fantastic value. But I guess any discussion on the value before we know the official price is moot.
I don't know what you mean by "messiah BMW", but if you mean from a sales pov, no, it won't be. But it definitely has potential to appeal to the enthusiast crowd.
Also happy to see that BMW kept the engine at the 306HP and didn't play the marketing game others do and detune the engine - not that it would have mattered, people would have chipped it and got back that and more anyway.