SLK/R171: This Forum has low traffic
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Originally Posted by wil_sutton
There's another good reason this is not as highly trafficked as the BMW sites you've all overlooked. The bottom line is that there are lots more Z3s and Z4s in the world than there are R170s and R171s.
Less then 300,000 Z3's were produced, and the Z4 has been failing quite badly in regards to other BMW models.
The first model SLK sold well over 300,000 copies (actually, closer to 400,000), and the new SLK has been outselling Z4's by a considerable number.
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Originally Posted by Shinigami
hmmm... not quite sure that's the case.
Less then 300,000 Z3's were produced, and the Z4 has been failing quite badly in regards to other BMW models.
The first model SLK sold well over 300,000 copies (actually, closer to 400,000), and the new SLK has been outselling Z4's by a considerable number.
Less then 300,000 Z3's were produced, and the Z4 has been failing quite badly in regards to other BMW models.
The first model SLK sold well over 300,000 copies (actually, closer to 400,000), and the new SLK has been outselling Z4's by a considerable number.
Z4 is indeed failing quite badly, they are selling fully loaded ones for $13-14K off MSRP. I could have brought a slightly used S2000 and a Z4 for the price I'd paid for my SLK. Okay that was bad, what was I thinking
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Originally Posted by Ynot
Z4 is indeed failing quite badly, they are selling fully loaded ones for $13-14K off MSRP. I could have brought a slightly used S2000 and a Z4 for the price I'd paid for my SLK. Okay that was bad, what was I thinking
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Originally Posted by Shinigami
hmmm... not quite sure that's the case.
Less then 300,000 Z3's were produced, and the Z4 has been failing quite badly in regards to other BMW models.
The first model SLK sold well over 300,000 copies (actually, closer to 400,000), and the new SLK has been outselling Z4's by a considerable number.
Less then 300,000 Z3's were produced, and the Z4 has been failing quite badly in regards to other BMW models.
The first model SLK sold well over 300,000 copies (actually, closer to 400,000), and the new SLK has been outselling Z4's by a considerable number.
You're absolutely right... sort of... There were less than 300,000 Z3s produced IN THE US, all of which stayed here. There were about 390,000 R171s, all produced in Germany, only a small percentage of which actually made it to the US...
