BMW 130i

[Q]

.....just making a point

[Peter...]

Still looks like a mini Pajero.

[DRIFTIN]

i'm sure i read that this version of the 3.0 has 195kw (mildly tweaked over the one in the 330i).

wonder what audi is going to do in response - the price of the A3 3.2 quattro is just nuts ($10k more). the 130i comes with easily as much gear.

[08ESE]

looks like an x5 melted a bit.......


other than the looks, itll be a ripper!

[Captiva Fan]

It won't be really $62k. The first shipment of 120i's couldn't be bought for that little, every single car that entered the country had the optional big wheels & leather trim & sunroof etc. The fact that they could sell it for more than $62k means it won't be $62k.

[fury]

Might be fast, but doesn't look too pretty IMHO.. Looked like a Echo ran up the ass of a 3 series.

[hakosuka]

Might be fast, but doesn't look too pretty IMHO.. Looked like a Echo ran up the ass of a 3 series.

:rotflol: :rotflol: :rotflol: :worship:

[Captiva Fan]

I take back my last comment on you guys' conservatism.
I should have said that you guys make the Fred Nile Call To Australia Party look like the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras by comparison ...

[maddy]

rumours abound include a 1 (135it) and 3 series turbo model 6cyl (335it), also an X3 turbo. 250-300kw is quoted (low/high boost)

That's a long time between drinks for a turbo mill, moreso from the factory!

Fact or fiction?

[rj-astra]

The turbo 3 series is a fact. Will be called 335i. It will fill the void until the new M3 V8 comes out in 18months/2years.

Who cares about the X3... no one buys the damn things anyway
More likely we get a decent turbo diesel X3 than a turbo petrol model.

[Nitephyre]

i thought we already had the 1's here, or am i missed steaken?

i think it looks nice, no over the top ghey styling, doesn't seem to be Bangleated , it's good to see a small car with a real front end.. not these squished up FWD things...

[edo]

BINGO
This seems to be a current trend amongst manufacturers.
They cut key items out of the std specification, and present the new model "at the same price" ...or less... than the outgoing model.

The modest [read: bare essential] options are over priced.
$10 or 20k creeps up quickly

This has 2 effects
- massacres the resale price of the outgoing model.
- reduces the price of the new model in the second hand market.

[rant off/] .....for the moment

3rd effect.
It allows BMW to claim a decent resale value. List price in 05 was $62k, 3 years later its still worth $45k. Just neglect to mention that it had $30k of options when new. Thats how all published resale values are calculated & why car companies who basically dont have options lists get stooged.

[Captiva Fan]

i thought we already had the 1's here, or am i missed steaken?

You ain't missed steaken ... but only in 4cyl form at the mo'.

i think it looks nice, no over the top ghey styling, doesn't seem to be Bangleated

Hey? It looks completely "Bangleated", its' styling slots in perfectly with the entire rest of the BMW range at the moment

[intehnet]

me rikey!

can't wait for E90 M3 V8 though

[MickyD]

It's coming standard with leather, xenons, Harman/Kardon, so it's not completely stripped out.