C63 thoughts
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As many have seen, it sounds terrific as is when caught on the spy video around a week or two ago. I wonder how it would perform with a few goodies.
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Ted
as long as the price is around low to mid 60's, it would be a good price point.
The price point is $63k, based on the review of car and driver.
http://www.caranddriver.com/carnews/...otos-info.html
I was thinking of spending $48k on a 335i and mod it.. later this year.
At this point, I can wait and see how it performs here in the US and pull the trigger next summer.
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What is "sooner than anticipated?" From all of the publications and forums I've seen and read, they are all saying approx March 2008 (same time as the M3) or possibly April.
As for a $1300/month lease rate, it'll mostly depend on the cap cost on the car and the residual it holds, as well as the interest rate given. But $1300/month on a C63 sounds crazy, considering if you work the numbers and deals, you can lease a E63 or M5 for a little more a month with probably the same down payment. From the early numbers that I've seen by BMW, you're probably looking at leasing a M3 around the $950-$1100 a month range with little or zero down. I'd hate to see the cap cost really up there causing the C63 to sell at a premium price and well over the cost of highly anticipated rival E92 M3.
This morning he told me saw a C63 on the road with Manufacturer plates on it. I told him he was nuts because it will not be seen in North America for about a year now. He insisted, it looked like the picture I was showing him, of the C300 W204 that MB of Laguna Niguel had on its lot yesterday, and that it had California Manufacturer plates AND it said C63 on the tail. Hmmm..........
MB does have a major corporate presence in Irvine, so seeing a pre-production car in Orange County is not uncommon, but come on. A C63 on the streets of OC already? As I said, this guy is a real car guy and a solid PCA racer, so I really should not doubt him. Next time he'll need to get pics as proof.
Last edited by ScottW911; Jul 19, 2007 at 07:16 PM.
This morning he told me saw a C63 on the road with Manufacturer plates on it. I told him he was nuts because it will not be seen in North America for about a year now. He insisted, it looked like the picture I was showing him, of the C300 W204 that MB of Laguna Niguel had on its lot yesterday, and that it had California Manufacturer plates AND it said C63 on the tail. Hmmm..........
MB does have a major corporate presence in Irvine, so seeing a pre-production car in Orange County is not uncommon, but come on. A C63 on the streets of OC already? As I said, this guy is a real car guy and a solid PCA racer, so I really should not doubt him. Next time he'll need to get pics as proof.
It could be true. I've seen an Audi R8 here back last october and the AM Vantage V8 at least half a year out before it got released.
This morning he told me saw a C63 on the road with Manufacturer plates on it. I told him he was nuts because it will not be seen in North America for about a year now. He insisted, it looked like the picture I was showing him, of the C300 W204 that MB of Laguna Niguel had on its lot yesterday, and that it had California Manufacturer plates AND it said C63 on the tail. Hmmm..........
MB does have a major corporate presence in Irvine, so seeing a pre-production car in Orange County is not uncommon, but come on. A C63 on the streets of OC already? As I said, this guy is a real car guy and a solid PCA racer, so I really should not doubt him. Next time he'll need to get pics as proof.
It's possible I know that many of the dealers are currently going to "C class training" for lack of a better term,.
Driving the new C's etc., for familiarity., my dealer is attending one tomorrow so I suppose it's possible there are some here however the car would probably be euro spec as the US version apparently has some tranny program adjustments being worked out. I also saw an R8 in Vegas that was on a promo tour, it's not that uncommon.



