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09-20-2007, 08:07 PM | #1 |
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Canadian Price for 1er
With the Canadian dollar nearly on par with the American dollar, do you think BMW will price the 1 coupe appropriately? Canadian consumers are constantly paying too much for new vehicles. For example, a new Subaru WRX STI costs about $49K in Canada where it only costs $33600 in the US. I've heard talk of Canadian markets adjusting thier prices to correspond with the strong dollar. Do you think BMW will recognize this and price the 1er coupe similar (if not exactly the same) in Canada as the US?
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09-21-2007, 03:22 PM | #4 | |
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Good luck hoping the 135i will be low in price...
http://www.wheels.ca/article/31673 Here's an exerpt: Quote:
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09-22-2007, 03:27 PM | #5 |
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What a steaming load of PR bull@#$ from that BMW rep. They don't pay the taxes on the car - we do. And as if BMW gives a flying f@#* about the lower residuals and pissed-off owners. The costs of selling a BMW in the large populated areas of Canada which contain about 80% of the Canadian population - namely the Greater Horsehoe and SW BC plus Montreal and maybe Calgary, and where virtually all BMWs would be bought in Canada anyways - would be little different from US costs. How much does it cost to have marketing materials translated into French? And if selling cars at a lower price so badly hurts BMW's image why are they selling their cars more cheaply in the US, which is a much bigger and more important market for them?
Stop insulting our intelligence, BMW. IF the price differences with the States are too great, (9K+) I'll forego warranty and buy in the US. |
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09-23-2007, 10:24 AM | #6 |
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You are willing to accept 9K+ difference? For the 135, that's a 25% price difference! If anything more than $3000 difference (after tax, duty, conversions, etc.), I would say it's worth it. Tell me a job that makes you $3000 with 3 days of work. Hell, it's even worth it to take a no-pay leave.
Too bad I have to lease.. but I do hear there are agents out there in Canada who help you lease cars from the U.S. |
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09-24-2007, 12:57 PM | #7 | |
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More BS from BMW...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/bu...rssnyt&emc=rss Quote:
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09-24-2007, 02:19 PM | #8 |
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From what I understand, what we are really seeing isn't the strength of the Canadian dollar rising as the result of a great economy rather than the U.S. dollar falling against stronger worldwide currencies.
There's a couple guys on the site who know much more about this- it'd be nice to hear from them. |
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09-24-2007, 02:47 PM | #9 | |
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I mean, you can say the Canadian dollar is rising against the US$, or you can say the US$ is sliding against the CDN$. |
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09-24-2007, 07:54 PM | #10 |
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After looking at the price quotes on the BMW UK web site, and doing some comparision figuring between what a 3 series costs and what the 1 series is running, I'm going with the 128i in at $28,000., and the 135i in at $36,000. According to the pricing in the UK the 1 series runs from 21,585.00 to 29,745.00. if you take the figures in the UK for the 3 series which runs 25,955.00 (US $32,400.00) to 34,085.00 (US $42,000.00), you can see a $4000.00 difference between the base 3 series and the 1 series base,(25,955.00 -21,585.00)= 4450.00 difference or ($32,400.00-$4450.00 = $27,950.00) hence the starting base price of around $28,000.00 for the 1 series. Taking the same reasoning for the 135i of an $8000,00 difference between the base and the top level price on the 1 series (29,745.00-21,585.00= 8160.00)you come up with $36,000.00 for the 135i. This is the most logical price comparison I can see. It will be nice to see where the prices end up.
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09-24-2007, 10:02 PM | #12 |
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I guess it's a judgement call in terms of what having a warranty is worth to you, as someone mentioned on this forum that a US warranty would not be honoured here, plus what your time is worth - my daily rate is high enough that I would need to save several thousand net after warranty deduction to go through the hassle, unless an agency did it for me - but then their people would have to drive the car up from the US, an idea I am not too thrilled about (perhaps it could be trucked up?).
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09-26-2007, 01:05 PM | #15 |
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Some news on the price differential;
-A Toronto law firm has launched a class-action lawsuit against major auto-makers and dealers alleging they have conspired to fix car prices 25 per cent to 35 per cent higher in Canada than in the United States, violating competition and consumer protection laws in the process. www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070926.wcarsuit0926/BNStory/robNews/home And.. Yesterday, Porsche Cars North America Inc., faced with its well-informed and well-heeled customer base, said it will "listen to the market" and cut its Canadian prices on 2008 models by 10 per cent, including improvements in equipment. www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070926.RPORSCHE26/TPStory/ Hopefully BMW follows suit for us Canadians... |
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09-27-2007, 08:02 AM | #18 |
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I just checked and the greenback is on par with the loonie. either Canadians are getting ripped off americans are getting a sweet deal.
The worse case scenario is that the new 135i coupe will have to be a lot more than people estimated and in due time all imported cars in the US will see price rises. |
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