chonkoa

I always expected it to be in the $55-59K range, and frankly speaking I won't be a buyer above $60K.
It is great news indeed.

warot

I thought so too in the beginning but the fact that every magazine thought it would be over 60 almost made me convinced.

The sedan is a hell of a bargain

chonkoa

Doesn't that tell us a lot about the carmags... from being confused about the performance of the car to the inconsistent reviews to bungled price estimates.
I guess they are as good as we are.

Anyway, you are right about the saloon, it is a bargain

Just_me

BMW NA took a long time before revealing the price. Maybe they were waiting for Lexus to price their IS-F

Sunny

MSRP is even cheaper!

-M3 Coupe $56,500
-M3 Sedan $53,800

I think the prices in the original post include the destination charge of $775.

Good deal compared to the $56000 for the IS-F. And a steal compared to the $66900 for RS4.

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chonkoa

Highly probable.
With this pricing, I can see 100,000 M3 as being feasible.
Has MB USA released pricing for the C63? It will be interesting to see how they price it.

The other interesting thing about the US M3 price is how close it is priced to the S4/S5.
E90 M3 is approximately $4K more than the S4, with the S4 $10k more than the E90 335xi
E92 M3 is approximately $4.7K more than the S5, with the S5 $9k more than the E92 335xi.

BMW just created more problem for the S4/S5 as it faced with a two-prong attack from BMW: 335i with comparable performance and the M3 with comparable pricing but with RS4/RS5 performance.

NarutoRamen

Honestly guys, I was losing faith in BMW and was thinking that this car will be very expensive, but now it's settled. This car is definitely affordable-ish and I'm gunning for it in a few years.

dr Dunkel

Very good prices indeed and as chonka points out BMW has made a clear positioning for the M3.

Sunny

Yeah, I think Audi is going to have a tough time moving a significant number of S5 in the US.

Also it would be interesting how Mercedes would price C63, considering the C55 already had a MSRP of around $54000 I believe.

Merc1

I think Audi's problem with the S5 is going to be their usual low-volume/poor image/poor promotion problem than anything else. There is room for both the S5 and the M3 to thrive, but for some reason a lot of folks just won't put Audi on their list, which is a disgrace.

I expect Mercedes to take their usual high (priced) road and put the C63 over the M3 and IS-F, but below the RS4 which really looked grossly overpriced now.


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