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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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While on my trip to Cali I decided to stop at Jim Falk Lexus to see if the had any IS-F's I could drool over. Low and behold they had one, in my color too! I looked at the sticker and it had a nice 10k "Market Value" mark-up. I thought Lexus couldn't do this?


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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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They can do what they want, but if the car just sits there on the lot then bad for them.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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Benz and BMW dealers usually mark up their AMG / M series vehicles from sticker also. I am surprised at the mark up though. I haven't seen any vehicles simply marked up in my area (yet)...
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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First time I've seen a Lexus marked up..
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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Holy Mark up Batman..LOL
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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hrmmm wasn't there some kind of corporate policy against this?
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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I just came back from PDX Lexus . They had a silver in for strait up msrp. I lost out on buying it (story in another thread). I could have walked home with it today for $61K fully loaded.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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^ that would have been a really good deal!
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by D.Jobin
While on my trip to Cali I decided to stop at Jim Falk Lexus to see if the had any IS-F's I could drool over. Low and behold they had one, in my color too! I looked at the sticker and it had a nice 10k "Market Value" mark-up. I thought Lexus couldn't do this?
They had a black one w/ a $10k "market adjustment" on the showroom floor a few weeks ago. Wonder if they actually sold it???

Who knows, lots of people with disposable income in the Beverly Hills area
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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I went by my nearest nissan dealer to inquire on the GT-R the salesguy told there was a $10K markup on there allocation and then an additional $5K when the next batch arrives. I know the GT-R is a incredible machine performance wise but IMO I dont belive it shouldn't be marked up its a Nissan and you cannot compare the Lexus quality.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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I would not want anything so badly that I would pay $10K more than what it's worth. Not worth it at that price in my opinion. Not when the IS-F can be had elsewhere at MSRP. Perhaps a written inquiry to Lexus Corporate regarding this dealer's practice is in order.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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It's not uncommon to see highly sought after merchandise marked above MSRP. Until recently Z06 10k+, CLK AMG Black Series 10-20K, BMW M5 M6 X5, Bentley, and so on. There are people that must be the first one and they will pay the premium.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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You call that markup? I'll show you markup. Everyone just pointed and laughed. Granted, this is the dealer still asking $4k over on Minis.

For reference, you could buy a new M5 for about the same price. From the same dealer, even. In a few months as more cars become available that money will be gone. I guess it pays (25k, in this case) to be a little patient.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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^^^justice at last.. why should a german made bmw cost less overseas! ^^


Quit yer *****in..the is-f costs 60k here (60k EURO)

1 Euro = $1.50 (is-f = $90k )

generally.. all car prices here are the same..except that you pay euro instead of us$ (makes me wanna cry :-( )
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 02:44 PM
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thats a little to much, and yes in europe they cost more the euro is worth more than the us dollar. So the IS-F, M3, RS4 and C63 would all be about $90Kus give or take the options. Also this applies to the British Pound.
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