Prices supposedly released

[bullmand]

Originally Posted by Bozola

You can get an A3 AWD.. lot's more punch too!

Yeah, but they only come with the 3.2 liter and the auto stick. And a price tag. Base on those is $34,915. At that point I'm way past the 128 and close enough to the 135 to drop the extra $1k for that. I'll probaby get flamed for this, but the A3 looks better to me than 1er. Especially the hatchback (I know, we're not getting it) version. Since I have no plan whatsoever to get rid of my ti, I'm thinking I might just pick up a WRX that's a couple of years old. I could buy it, modify it like I want, and still probably have 10k left over compared to buying an A3 or a 1er. Or maybe I'll just DASC and Nick G the ti. Or pay off the wife's student loans.

[DustenT]

Originally Posted by bullmand

Yeah, but they only come with the 3.2 liter and the auto stick. And a price tag. Base on those is $34,915. At that point I'm way past the 128 and close enough to the 135 to drop the extra $1k for that. I'll probaby get flamed for this, but the A3 looks better to me than 1er. Especially the hatchback (I know, we're not getting it) version. Since I have no plan whatsoever to get rid of my ti, I'm thinking I might just pick up a WRX that's a couple of years old. I could buy it, modify it like I want, and still probably have 10k left over compared to buying an A3 or a 1er. Or maybe I'll just DASC and Nick G the ti. Or pay off the wife's student loans.

I agree, the 1 series hatchback is ugly. It looks just like the mazda 3. I saw a bazillion of them in Amsterdamn and got over it.

[larryn]

This is the 130i 5 door, M Sport Packet. Seems okay to me. I've seen them modified to look pretty darned good. The stock, non-sport look bland to me, but plain-jane cars normally look blah to me anyway (without a sport package, or body kit -only if not over the top).

[thesk8nmidget]

i would just be happy if the tii appeared in my garage overnight!

[bullmand]

I'm really curious to learn what engine would be in that if they actually produced it.

[thesk8nmidget]

ya me too!

i love the backwards tii so people in front of you can see it in their mirrors

[col.hapablap]

i think the a3 looks better than the 1er, but i'm willing to bet it doesn't drive as well.

i thought they should have brought the first gen a3/s3 over instead of trying to market the r32 golf as a $30k+ car at the time. a proper s3 1.8t maybe. in fact, last gen vw just messed everything up for themselves by trying to sell weird high ends like the phaeton and toureg (as nice as they might have been), hurting audi image/sales, and now they're trying to re-adjust to their bread and butter, the young golf/jetta crowd. i'm just glad bmw doesn't have a lame german scientist trying to sell a car to me.

[larryn]

I've had a rental A3 2.0l turbodeisel with sports package/6sp in Germany, earlier this year. That car was a pretty fun car, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing (///) signs and planting foot for as long as I could. It never seemed to hit a rev or speed limiter, but obviously couldn't go faster than ~210kph (130mph), but it was rock solid. Pretty fun on secondary roads too, which are twisty and undulating.

[DustenT]

Originally Posted by larryn

I've had a rental A3 2.0l turbodeisel with sports package/6sp in Germany, earlier this year. That car was a pretty fun car, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing (///) signs and planting foot for as long as I could. It never seemed to hit a rev or speed limiter, but obviously couldn't go faster than ~210kph (130mph), but it was rock solid. Pretty fun on secondary roads too, which are twisty and undulating.

Same here, the A4 I rented in Germany hit 220kph but never hit a limiter. The people we were staying with had the same car and swore up and down that it was limited to 200, I showed him otherwise.

[M3_KILL3R]

does anyone know if the tii will be produced as an option? my parents are willing to help me pay for a 135 just because after the car show they fell in love...but if im going to pay that much might as well pay a little more and get the tii

[lazoh]

Ok, so I just got a copy of the official date it will be available and the package and options price. The copy is a bit blurry but you can mke out the content.

[kelso]

ok so how much can be saved from doing european delivery?

[lazoh]

Originally Posted by kelso

ok so how much can be saved from doing european delivery?

dunno, anyone else??

[DustenT]

Originally Posted by kelso

ok so how much can be saved from doing european delivery?

http://www.bmwusa.com/BmwExperience/europeandelivery

You don't really save much, but you get to drive your car in Germany which is pimp-status.

[larryn]

I dunno, I would call $2300-$3500 quite a bit of savings. It can pay for a pretty decent week-long vacation for two driving around the autobahn at legal 140mph speeds. That alone is pretty priceless.