Having personally owned the prior 2 versions of the M3, I can attest that they are awesome cars. However, a $30,000 markup???? That is insane, especially in these financial times. You could get 3 Evo Xs for that price.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/10/2008-bmw-m3-coupe-being-marked-up-to-100-000/

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Holy hell Charlie Brown! 100K??? F**K that, buy a used M6

IF you really want a BMW that is, I personally would go for something else.

If you are willing to spend 30k just to get the car now instead of in a month then you really have money to throw away. When I heard of the evo being marked up 10k I thought that was crazy. 30k is just insane. Id love to know the person that actually pays the 30k markup.

Id love to know the person that actually pays the 30k markup.

Someone with more money than sense obviously.

Funny cause I thought that the M3 was getting expensive at MSRP :)

The M6 is just stupid expensive at $100+K. You might as well go exotic at that point - i.e. Aston Martin.

You could almost buy an Evo X from the amount the M6 depreciates in 2 years.

NZ$180K here fully optioned. *gulp*

NZ$180K here fully optioned. *gulp*

How much was your Evo?

How much was your Evo?

NZ$65K incl options.

These over MSRP prices will not last. Wait 2-3 mos. and you'll get one for list, imo.
Lot of worries in the financial/housing market. Should have some impact on high end sales.

I guess if investment bankers start losing their shirts then they will cut back on these little luxuries, but I expect that high end car sales will not be much affected by the housing crisis. In fact, with the extremely low interest rates I bet leases on high end vehicles might actually see a tick-up in activity. You have to think about who is buying these products and how their economic outlook is being affected by the down turn. Sure, everyone is affected to one degree or another, but those that are losing their life savings on bad loans are driving used Cavaliers and F150s, not GT-Rs.