[joatmon1967]

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Just did my daily check on BMWusa to see if the 2 Series had been added to the ED list with official pricing. It's now there.

M235i European Delivery MSRP: $40,135

228i European Delivery MSRP: $29,905

[ska///235i]

Wow so ED invoice is even lower...thats awesome for those doing ED

[BMW F22]

So there's only a $2k difference for the 228i. Interesting...
Perhaps this is BMW's way of getting people to push for the 235 model.

[M2BMW]

Originally Posted by BMW E90

So there's only a $2k difference for the 228i. Interesting...
Perhaps this is BMW's way of getting people to push for the 235 model.

The price for both are about 7% off of MSRP.

[lichenlt]

does this mean we can expect to see ED deals like $750 above ED invoice price soon?

[joatmon1967]

Originally Posted by lichenlt

does this mean we can expect to see ED deals like $750 above ED invoice price soon?

Not until they stop coming out of Dealers (1-2 a month) allocations.

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by joatmon1967

Not until they stop coming out of Dealers (1-2 a month) allocations.

You're right. I didn't take into consideration the lower MSRP.

[IrishCoffee]

Originally Posted by joatmon1967

Not until they stop coming out of Dealers (1-2 a month) allocations.

Does the M235 come out of allocations? Are they treating this like an M car?

I assume the 228 is not coming out of allocations.

[David1]

Originally Posted by IrishCoffee

Does the M235 come out of allocations? Are they treating this like an M car?

I assume the 228 is not coming out of allocations.

All are out of allocation.

[Anderw]

I want to do ED so bad!

[starbai]

can someone breifly (if not too much work) explain what you guys mean when you're referring to 'dealer allocations'?

[flyga3]

Schweeeet! That made up my mind! :-D

[jaehshim]

wow i remember when first e92 m3 came out and i was looking at the price list and saying....what? so expensive..! obviously i never owned bmw back then..

now after having gone thru ed paperwork, ordering, and getting e90 m3 myself, that m235i price looks very tempting...

good ed price!

[Jason335iMsport]

Originally Posted by BMW E90

So there's only a $2k difference for the 228i. Interesting...
Perhaps this is BMW's way of getting people to push for the 235 model.

It's a $10,200 difference

[StealYourFace]

Originally Posted by starbai

can someone breifly (if not too much work) explain what you guys mean when you're referring to 'dealer allocations'?

A dealership gets x number of each model, known as their allocation. A higher volume dealership is rewarded (typically) with a higher number of allocations of the hot model. The allocations a store gets are either dealer stock, or orders. So if a store has hit their allocation total, you would be unable to order a car until the next cycle.


For example, a north east chevy store that doesn't do much corvette volume wouldn't have many corvettes allocated to them, but at a time like this where the car is hot, they would want more corvettes than a typical year towards the end of a model cycle, but are not able to get any. The dealer that sells corvettes all the time, not just when it's hot, is rewarded with a higher number of allocations.

Hope that helps, I know that was wordy.

[Rich@GTBPerformance]

Damn those are tempting prices.

I might have to close GTB for a month to do an Euro Delivery!

[wdlfbio]

Originally Posted by joatmon1967

Just did my daily check on BMWusa to see if the 2 Series had been added to the ED list with official pricing. It's now there.

M235i European Delivery MSRP: $40,135

228i European Delivery MSRP: $29,905

This is ED MSRP, not ED Invoice price, right. So we should be able to offer the typical $500 over ED Invoice price and expect a signed deal? I didn't realize that aead came out of allocation, or did this change recently? Our first ED was 2006, second in 2012. Thinking third in 2014...

[mattssi]

Right, I haven't seen ED invoice anywhere. David quoted me ED MSRP, so I think its probably very difficult to get below it I'm assuming.

[joatmon1967]

Originally Posted by wdlfbio

This is ED MSRP, not ED Invoice price, right. So we should be able to offer the typical $500 over ED Invoice price and expect a signed deal? I didn't realize that aead came out of allocation, or did this change recently? Our first ED was 2006, second in 2012. Thinking third in 2014...

Yes.

ED Invoice is less. You can offer the $500 over invoice, but highly unlikely to be taken by a Dealer at this point in time. They are still coming out of Dealer's allocations, and until that changes you probably won't see that deal being offered.

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by wdlfbio

This is ED MSRP, not ED Invoice price, right. So we should be able to offer the typical $500 over ED Invoice price and expect a signed deal? I didn't realize that aead came out of allocation, or did this change recently? Our first ED was 2006, second in 2012. Thinking third in 2014...

Congrats on your previous purchases... but why do you assume that one should be able to offer $500 over invoice and that such a deal would be automatically approved?

Even if this has happened before.... (and YES i know it does happen).. why would you expect it to be available on a brand new model that's in its first few months of delivery?

I'm all for getting a good deal... and hopefully you can certainly negotiate to this level.... it just seems that EXPECTING this to be occur is .... at the least...... well... presumptuous..

Since you are a multiple BMW purchaser... Hopefully you are also a CCA member and are also collecting rebates from BMW CCA on your purchases..

best of luck getting the deal you want and ED #3.

[Bimmer7426]

All the models that will come out of dealers allocation at this time for ED.

[Bimmer7426]

Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

Congrats on your previous purchases... but why do you assume that one should be able to offer $500 over invoice and that such a deal would be automatically approved?

Even if this has happened before.... (and YES i know it does happen).. why would you expect it to be available on a brand new model that's in its first few months of delivery?

I'm all for getting a good deal... and hopefully you can certainly negotiate to this level.... it just seems that EXPECTING this to be occur is .... at the least...... well... presumptuous..

Since you are a multiple BMW purchaser... Hopefully you are also a CCA member and are also collecting rebates from BMW CCA on your purchases..

best of luck getting the deal you want and ED #3.

Gotta pay to play In their opinion (dealer's) for the first run of M3/M4 or get in the line for six months to get a deal on one.