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Old May 7, 2015 | 02:51 PM
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BMW needs to change their car series interiors. What a big let down when driving a car daily with 30 years old interiors. Their reliability is only last in four years.
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Old May 7, 2015 | 08:24 PM
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Wondering what the msrp will be on the 330e? And any ftc's to bring the price down??
tax credits on plug in hybrids are determined based on size of battery. In small cars like the C and 3, I would expect around $3,500 to $5,000.

DOnt know about the 3, but the C is expected to come in between the C300 and 400 (40K and 48K currently). With the tax credits, that could potentially make the C350e with the same starting price as the C300, with more power and efficiency. Looking to buy one myself for the single occupant carpool pass.
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Old May 8, 2015 | 08:26 AM
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I remember a time when I used to know all car names and designations lol....
that was back when car numerical designations actually meant something. Used to be that the Euro naming scheme was common sense and the American naming system was confusing. At this rate, I'd rather have names. S500 meant S-class with a 5.0L engine. 318i meant 3 series with a 1.8L engine. Now who the hell knows. Porsche made the transition nicely.Bring back the Continental and the Eldorado!

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Old May 8, 2015 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by damtachoa
BMW needs to change their car series interiors. What a big let down when driving a car daily with 30 years old interiors. Their reliability is only last in four years.
THIS SO MUCH! Last year I was looking at the X1. Holy cow what a POS interior. I'm looking at new cars lately and really was intrigued by the 650 gran coupe. Love the car but wow the interior is cheap feeling. On a 100k car. This basically is swaying me to MB and possibly Audi.
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Old May 8, 2015 | 09:48 AM
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First footage of the new BMW 330e, the 3 Series plug-in hybrid launching in 2016.
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Old May 8, 2015 | 10:04 AM
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Lexus needs to bring their IS300h over to the states!!!
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Old May 8, 2015 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GiantsFan
Lexus needs to bring their IS300h over to the states!!!
I've been saying that for years that Lexus should bring the IS 300h to the U.S.






Check out one of our CL member with his IS 300h.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...-s-is300h.html

Very soon BMW will have the 330e in the U.S. and maybe they will also offer the 430e?

Lexus definitely should bring the IS 300h and RC 300h to the U.S. More variants = more options...also F Sport both the IS 300h and RC 300h...

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Old May 8, 2015 | 09:49 PM
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Have also been saying it's a mistake for Lexus to not have the ISh here. Just about everyone else has something already.

As far as these new BMW's, come on. This is torture for dyslexic people. 330, 340, 430, 3 series, and 4 series? That's a lot of 3's and 4's! Just when I've finally gotten their current names down (changed very recently), they change it again. And how do you build model equity when each model is technically discontinued every few years? (That's a rhetorical question)
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Old May 9, 2015 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by GiantsFan
Lexus needs to bring their IS300h over to the states!!!
it would need to do a lot better than the gs450h has. maybe that's what makes lexus reluctant.
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Old May 10, 2015 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
it would need to do a lot better than the gs450h has. maybe that's what makes lexus reluctant.
if the GSh and LSh didn't have such a large premium over their gas counterparts, and closer in price like the RX/RXh and ES/ESh are, Lexus would move a lot more of them.

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Old May 10, 2015 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
if the GSh and LSh didn't have such a large premium over their gas counterparts, and closer in price like the RX/RXh and ES/ESh are, Lexus would move a lot more of them.
right but the complexity and components make that impossible.
if an m4 were similar in price to a regular 4 series they would move a lot more too.
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Old May 10, 2015 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by damtachoa
BMW needs to change their car series interiors. What a big let down when driving a car daily with 30 years old interiors. Their reliability is only last in four years.
lol sales figures disagree
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Old May 10, 2015 | 01:11 PM
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leave it to the germans to make something simple more complicated
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Old May 10, 2015 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by doge
lol sales figures disagree
Do leases consider "Sales"?
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Old May 10, 2015 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by damtachoa
Do leases consider "Sales"?
ya, its a brilliant strategy. you get to sell the same car twice. Do you think these cars just vanish at the end of the lease?
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