So I am at the point where I am ready to start e-mailing dealerships to find the best deal for an ED 330. I have determined nearly all the options I want and am trying to determine what a fair price would be for the car.
The major point of discussion always seems to be the price over invoice and what a fair price is over invoice. My question is this: is the invoice price of a particular car determined by adding up the base invoice price with the invoice price of various options? Or, is the total invoice price a combination of base price invoice and the sticker price of various options?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on the subject.
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Invoice on everything, wholesale base plus wholesale options plus $695 destination. Don't forget the $$ for metallic paint if you get it. ($430 base).
Here's the price sheet from the "Ask a Dealer" section: (wholesale prices on page 2...see Munich Pick-Up)
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/att...2&d=1122480781
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Also, when we were buying ours, I wrote in my email that folks were getting cars for X to 2X over invoice. I asked for a deal of 1.5X over and got it with ease from a dealer within 25-30 miles from my house. The dealer also valets a loaner to the house for any service if I want it. Great deal! Good luck with your quest! 
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In your emailing, make sure to ask the dealer to include MACO (advertising fee) in his quote. Some dealers include it and other (sneaky) dealer's do not but then "surprise" you with it later--now you know why they quoted you ~$300-400 cheaper than another dealer who included it in his quote to you.
Make no bones about it, MACO is included on the invoice sheet of all BMWs sold in the United States.
There is an excellent thread on this in the Ask a Dealer forum...spent some time browsing over there and you'll learn a lot.
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Quote: In your emailing, make sure to ask the dealer to include MACO (advertising fee) in his quote. Some dealers include it and other (sneaky) dealer's do not but then "surprise" you with it later--now you know why they quoted you ~$300-400 cheaper than another dealer who included it in his quote to you.
Make no bones about it, MACO is included on the invoice sheet of all BMWs sold in the United States.
There is an excellent thread on this in the Ask a Dealer forum...spent some time browsing over there and you'll learn a lot. | The are no MACO on ED cars 
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Quote: So I am at the point where I am ready to start e-mailing dealerships to find the best deal for an ED 330. I have determined nearly all the options I want and am trying to determine what a fair price would be for the car.
The major point of discussion always seems to be the price over invoice and what a fair price is over invoice. My question is this: is the invoice price of a particular car determined by adding up the base invoice price with the invoice price of various options? Or, is the total invoice price a combination of base price invoice and the sticker price of various options?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on the subject. |
And one further clarification: there is no ED discount on options. It's the same invoice price for options under either delivery approach. Only the base price is discounted.
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