Originally Posted by BltByKrmn
That dealer was taking you for a ride, BWM is GIVING new Z4's away:
http://forums.thecarlounge.net/zerothread?id=3553724
Top 10 Year-End Deals (TPS: Total Potential Savings):
10. Saab 9-7X: TPS - $8,635
9. Infiniti QX56: TPS - $9,062
8. Volvo S60 R: TPS - $9,294
7. Land Rover LR3: TPS - $9,729
6. Cadillac Escalade/EXT/ESV: TPS - $9,100 - $9,473
5. Lincoln Mark LT: TPS - $9,845
4. Lincoln Navigator: TPS - $10,475
3. BMW Z4/M Coupe/Roadster: TPS - $10,550 - $11,490
2. Land Rover Range Rover HSE: TPS - $11,888
1. Cadillac XLR/XLR-V: $12,592 - $18,708
Now, that was an excellent thread from Motive. And take a good look at this internal post in that thread from member Mikedav in the UK:Quote, originally posted by Oliver@triplezoom »
Clearly the M coupe is a slow mover on the lot.
This is why I bought one...if it interest anybody the UK is similar, though you won't get 20% off a new one. The car did not do well at launch, and I think thats due to price. A fully loaded example was £46,000. A well specced M3 would be around £49,000...and that has four seats, the same engine and is better known. So it became a niche car, and BMW even revised their residual values for those who bought one on finance.
BMW built and registered the excess cars for use by BMW GB staff to keep production numbers up, and these cars flooded the UK market 8 weeks ago - when they hit 6 months old. If you wanted an 06/07 Z4MC 8 weeks ago, there were about 100 to choose from...and I was one of those people that struck while the iron was hot.
Mine had less than 1,000 miles on it, 11 months old and I got virtually a 35% discount on a new one (though mine is not an ex BMW GB car). If I wanted a Cayman of similar specification it would have cost me $25,000 USD MORE. Now, Z4MCs are leveling right off as you can have one for a minor premium over the 3.0 Coupe and values are not expected to plummet like they have done. In fact looking at the approved BMW website I can sell mine for more than I paid as prices have risen slightly and all the BMW GB cars are all but gone...maybe the same luck in the US? Especially as its about to go out of production.
Its a great car, and although I hate the Z4 Roadster, for me the looks of the Z4MC work. Its not a pretty car, but its dramatic and the roofline massively improves the proportions. Has to be black though IMO, its kinda batmobile like.
Wow -- that sequence of economic events really sounds familiar, doesn't it? So the Crossfire is far from alone; other stylish cars with our body type and high original MSRP are doing exactly the same thing, regardless of whether the brand is called Chrysler Crossfire, BMW Z4M, Cadillac XLR/XLR-V, MB SL550, etc. That's a very interesting observation to keep in mind.