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Mazda 2 prices - we're being ripped off

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    #32
    Biro
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    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    I was talking to a guy in Texas a few months ago from Arizona who bought an E92 328i for 30K dollars!

    You sure it was a 328i? They were discontinued in the early E46 models, back in '00.


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    #33
    Andrewf20
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    Sure was. Defo he mentioned a 2.8 litre and new.


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    #34
    Biro
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    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    Sure was. Defo he mentioned a 2.8 litre and new.

    Oh. Must be only for the foreign markets.


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    #35
    Andrewf20
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    Sure was. I was googling the prices here on the net and its showing prices for the 335i of 37-40K dollars. I feel sick. Probably cheaper than a basic 116i here.


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    #36
    ninty9er
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    Biro wrote: »
    You sure it was a 328i? They were discontinued in the early E46 models, back in '00.

    Not in the States..it's the entry model there


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    E92
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    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    I was talking to a guy in Texas a few months ago from Arizona who bought a new E92 328i for 32K dollars! Thats 23.7 K euro. How sick is that.

    The cost of new cars in Ireland is a well known and unfunny joke, so I will never buy a new car here.


    The US have had a 328i since last year -the reason why is that the new direct injection petrols we will soon be treated to are not capable of being used in the US because the fuel quality in the US is not good enough.

    Direct Injection Petrols need Low Sulphur very high quality fuel- this is not available in the US AFAIK.

    We're not missing out on anything though, its actually the 231 bhp engine they used in the E46 330i AFAIK.

    Which is very odd as the US did have the magnesium block engine available(the 258 bhp unit) in the E60 and E90 initially(the US 525i, 325i, X3 2.5si and Z4 2.5si were the same as ours too), and is still available in the Z4, X3 and X5 there.

    The 1 series for the US will get this engine too(128i), and the E60/E61 5 series have it too in the form of a 528i.

    Of more interest to me is the fact that the International Engine of the Year 2007 is available in the US 5 series but not available here.

    The 335i and 135i's 3.0 twin turbo straight 6 is available in the E60/E61 US spec 5 series in the form of the 535i, so why can't BMW put that engine into production for the Euro 5 series?

    Some markets are also availale with a 323i, which really bugs me, ever since the E90 3 series was introduced, BMW haven't replaced the E46 320i.

    The E90-E93 320i uses the same engine as the 318i from the E46. So if you own a 318i E46, then the replacement E90 series is the 320i and not the 318i.
    The E90-E93 325i replaced the E46 325i.


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